Where does “Unfehlbarkeit” come from?

Unfehlbarkeit (German) comes from German unfehlbar, 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.

Unfehlbarkeit (German): infallibility; papal infallibility

Definitions

  1. infallibility; papal infallibility

Ancestry of “Unfehlbarkeit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanunfehlbarinfallible, unerring
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from German un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →
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