Where does “unsanft” come from?

unsanft (German) comes from German sanft, from Middle High German semfte, from Old High German semfti, from Old High German -ī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

unsanft (German): rough, coarse, brutish

Definitions

  1. rough, coarse, brutish

Ancestry of “unsanft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansanftgentle
2Middle High Germansemfte—
3Old High Germansemftisoft; softness
4Old High German-ī-ness
5Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
6Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Old High German -ī →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →
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