Where does “umständlich” come from?

umständlich (German) comes from German Umstand — circumstance.

umständlich (German): complicated, long-winded; awkward; heavy-handed,...

Definitions

  1. complicated, long-winded; awkward; heavy-handed,...

Ancestry of “umständlich”, step by step

umständlich traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Umstand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUmstandcircumstance

via German lich

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlich

Words derived from “umständlich

Every word from German Umstand