Where does “Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung” come from?
Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung (German) comes from German Arbeitsunfähigkeit, 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- — not.
Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung (German): an attestation that someone is unable to work
Definitions
- an attestation that someone is unable to work
Ancestry of “Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung”, step by step
Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Arbeitsunfähigkeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Arbeitsunfähigkeit | sick leave |
| 2 | German | Unfähigkeit | inability |
| 3 | German | unfähig | incapable, unable, inept; incompetent |
| 4 | German | un- | un-; grave; bad; horrifying |
| 5 | Middle High German | un- | — |
| 6 | Old High German | un- | un-; prefix of negation, absence or contrariness |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
via German Bescheinigung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bescheinigung | certificate, certification, attestation,... |
| 2 | German | -ung | -ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing... |
| 3 | Middle High German | -ung | — |
| 4 | Old High German | -unga | -ing |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ungō | -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs." |