Where does “fluchtunfähig” come from?
fluchtunfähig (German) comes from German unfähig, 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.
fluchtunfähig (German): unable to escape
Definitions
- unable to escape
Ancestry of “fluchtunfähig”, step by step
fluchtunfähig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German unfähig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | unfähig | incapable, unable, inept; incompetent |
| 2 | German | un- | un-; grave; bad; horrifying |
| 3 | Middle High German | un- | — |
| 4 | Old High German | un- | un-; prefix of negation, absence or contrariness |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
via German Flucht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Flucht | escape, flight; line, alignment; suite, line of... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | vlucht | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *fluhtī | act of flying, flight |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *fluhtiją | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | flehtaną | to plait, to weave |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |