Where does “Untugend” come from?

Untugend (German) comes from German Tugend, from Middle High German tugent, from Old High German tugund, from Proto-Germanic dugunþō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewgʰ- — to produce, to produce something useful; to be...

Untugend (German): bad habit; negative virtue

Definitions

  1. bad habit; negative virtue

Ancestry of “Untugend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTugendvirtue
2Middle High Germantugent—
3Old High Germantugundvirtue, power
4Proto-Germanicdugunþōability, usefulness, strength; virtue, strength...
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewgʰ-to produce, to produce something useful; to be...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dugunþō →Every word from Old High German tugund →