Where does “Unschicklichkeit” come from?
Unschicklichkeit (German) comes from German unschicklich, from German schicklich, from German schicken, from Middle High German schicken, from Middle High German geschehen, from Old High German giskehan, from Proto-West Germanic *skehan, from Proto-Germanic skehaną — to pass, happen.
Unschicklichkeit (German): indecency
Definitions
- indecency
Ancestry of “Unschicklichkeit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | unschicklich | indecent, unseemly |
| 2 | German | schicklich | appropriate, proper |
| 3 | German | schicken | to send; to hurry; to be decent, to be... |
| 4 | Middle High German | schicken | to outfit oneself, fit in, arrange appropriately |
| 5 | Middle High German | geschehen | to happen, rush |
| 6 | Old High German | giskehan | to happen |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *skehan | to move quickly |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | skehaną | to jump; spring up; to emerge; come up; happen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱek- | to pass, happen |