Where does “Unklarheit” come from?

Unklarheit (German) comes from German unklar, 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.

Unklarheit (German): unclearness

Definitions

  1. unclearness

Ancestry of “Unklarheit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanunklarunclear
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- →