Where does “Erwerbslosigkeit” come from?

Erwerbslosigkeit (German) comes from German erwerbslos, from German erwerb, from German erwerben, from German er-, from Middle High German er-, from Old High German ir-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz- — out, outward.

Erwerbslosigkeit (German): state of being unemployed; lack of income, especially from a job

Definitions

  1. state of being unemployed; lack of income, especially from a job

Ancestry of “Erwerbslosigkeit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanerwerbslosunemployed, jobless
2Germanerwerbacquisition
3Germanerwerbento acquire; to purchase
4Germaner-Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a...
5Middle High Germaner-
6Old High Germanir-thoroughly
7Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
8Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-
10Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
11Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd