Where does “Arbeitsunfähigkeit” come from?
Arbeitsunfähigkeit (German) comes from German Unfähigkeit, from German unfähig, from German un-, from Middle High German un-, from Old High German un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥- — not.
Arbeitsunfähigkeit (German): sick leave
Definitions
- sick leave
Ancestry of “Arbeitsunfähigkeit”, step by step
Arbeitsunfähigkeit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Unfähigkeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Unfähigkeit | inability |
| 2 | German | unfähig | incapable, unable, inept; incompetent |
| 3 | German | un- | un-; grave; bad; horrifying |
| 4 | Middle High German | un- | — |
| 5 | Old High German | un- | un-; prefix of negation, absence or contrariness |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
via German arbeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | arbeit | toil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job, employment, occupation |
| 2 | Middle High German | arbeit | — |
| 3 | Old High German | arbeit | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | arbaiþi | hardship |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | arbaidiz | labour, work, toil; hardship, suffering |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃órbʰos | orphan; servant, slave, worker |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erbʰ- | to change allegiance, status, ownership;... |