Where does “Unsterblichkeit” come from?

Unsterblichkeit (German) comes from German unsterblich, 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.

Unsterblichkeit (German): immortality

Definitions

  1. immortality

Ancestry of “Unsterblichkeit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanunsterblichimmortal
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- →