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Where does “unauffindbar” come from?

unauffindbar (German) comes from German auffindbar, from German auffinden, from German auf-, from German auf, from Middle High German ūf, from Old High German ūf, from Proto-Germanic upp, from Proto-Germanic ub.

unauffindbar (German): untraceable, nowhere to be found

Definitions

  1. untraceable, nowhere to be found

Ancestry of “unauffindbar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanauffindbartraceable, findable, discoverable
2Germanauffindento find, to locate, to discover
3Germanauf-A separable prefix; similar to English up up-;...
4Germanaufon, upon; on, onto, up; on
5Middle High Germanūf—
6Old High Germanūf—
7Proto-Germanicuppup, upwards
8Proto-Germanicubunder
9Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →