Where does “unbändig” come from?

unbändig (German) comes 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.

unbändig (German): unruly, unrestrained; irrepressible, boisterous;...

Definitions

  1. unruly, unrestrained; irrepressible, boisterous;...

Ancestry of “unbändig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanun-un-; grave; bad; horrifying
2Middle High Germanun-—
3Old High Germanun-un-; prefix of negation, absence or contrariness
4Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “unbändig”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from German un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →