Where does “Unmöglichkeitserklärung” come from?

Unmöglichkeitserklärung (German) comes from German Unmöglichkeit, from German unmöglich, from German möglich, from German mögen, from Middle High German mugen, from Old High German mugan, from Proto-West Germanic magan, from Proto-Germanic maganą — to be able.

Unmöglichkeitserklärung (German): explanation of impossibility

Definitions

  1. explanation of impossibility

Ancestry of “Unmöglichkeitserklärung”, step by step

Unmöglichkeitserklärung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Unmöglichkeit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUnmöglichkeitimpossibility
2Germanunmöglichimpossible
3Germanmöglichpossible; potential; likely; a whole bunch of; a...
4Germanmögento like; to want to go; may
5Middle High Germanmugencan
6Old High Germanmugancan, be able, must, shall, may
7Proto-West Germanicmaganto be able, may
8Proto-Germanicmaganąto be able, may
9Proto-Indo-European(me)mógʰeto have power, to be able to
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmegʰ-to be able

via German Erklärung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanErklärungexplanation; declaration, statement
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
Every word from Proto-Indo-European megʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (me)mógʰe →Every word from Proto-Germanic maganą →