Where does “unfähig” come from?
unfähig (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.
unfähig (German): incapable, unable, inept; incompetent
Definitions
- incapable, unable, inept; incompetent
Ancestry of “unfähig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | un- | un-; grave; bad; horrifying |
| 2 | Middle High German | un- | — |
| 3 | Old High German | un- | un-; prefix of negation, absence or contrariness |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
Words derived from “unfähig”