Where does “Unerheblichkeit” come from?
Unerheblichkeit (German) comes from German unerheblich, from German erheblich, from German erheben, from German er-, from Middle High German er-, from Old High German ir-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz- — out, outward.
Unerheblichkeit (German): irreverence, irrelevance
Definitions
- irreverence, irrelevance
Ancestry of “Unerheblichkeit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | unerheblich | irrelevant |
| 2 | German | erheblich | considerable, substantial, significant;... |
| 3 | German | erheben | to raise, lift; to levy, charge; to gather,... |
| 4 | German | er- | Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a... |
| 5 | Middle High German | er- | — |
| 6 | Old High German | ir- | thoroughly |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |