Where does “Lebensunfähigkeit” come from?

Lebensunfähigkeit (German) comes from German lebensunfähig, 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.

Lebensunfähigkeit (German): nonviability, inviability

Definitions

  1. nonviability, inviability

Ancestry of “Lebensunfähigkeit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlebensunfähignonviable, unviable
2Germanunfähigincapable, unable, inept; incompetent
3Germanun-un-; grave; bad; horrifying
4Middle High Germanun-—
5Old High Germanun-un-; prefix of negation, absence or contrariness
6Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
7Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
8Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
9Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from German un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →