Where does “Blödfug” come from?

Blödfug (German) comes from German Unfug, 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-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

Blödfug (German): nonsense

Definitions

  1. nonsense

Ancestry of “Blödfug”, step by step

Blödfug traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Unfug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUnfugnonsense
2Germanun-un-; grave; bad; horrifying
3Middle High Germanun-—
4Old High Germanun-un-; prefix of negation, absence or contrariness
5Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
8Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

via German Blödsinn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBlödsinnrubbish, nonsense; bunkum, bunk
2Germanblödsinnigstupid, idiotic, feeble-minded
3Germanblödstupid, dim-witted
4Middle High Germanblöde—
5Old High Germanblōdisluggish, feeble, physically weak
6Proto-Germanicblauþizvoid, emaciated, soft
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →