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Where does “unerrechenbar” come from?

unerrechenbar (German) comes from German errechenbar, from German errechnen, from German er-, from Middle High German er-, from Old High German ir-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss- — out, outward.

unerrechenbar (German): incalculable

Definitions

  1. incalculable

Ancestry of “unerrechenbar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanerrechenbarcalculable
2GermanerrechnenTo reckon, calculate, compute
3Germaner-Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a...
4Middle High Germaner-—
5Old High Germanir-thoroughly
6Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
7Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
10Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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