Where does “Hiobsbotschaft” come from?
Hiobsbotschaft (German) comes from German Hiob, from Latin Iob, from Latin iuppiter, from Proto-Italic djous patēr, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws, from Proto-Indo-European dyéws, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.
Hiobsbotschaft (German): Job's news, bad news
Ancestry of “Hiobsbotschaft”, step by step