Where does “Unglückshäher” come from?

Unglückshäher (German) comes from German unglück, 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.

Unglückshäher (German): Siberian jay

Definitions

  1. Siberian jay

Ancestry of “Unglückshäher”, step by step

Unglückshäher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German unglück

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanunglückunhappiness; sorrow
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

via German Häher

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHäherjay
2Middle High Germanheher—
3Old High Germanhehera—
4Proto-Germanichihurō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱik-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from German un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →