Where does “verunglücken” come from?
verunglücken (German) comes from German unglück, 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.
verunglücken (German): to have a serious accident; to be a fiasco
Definitions
- to have a serious accident; to be a fiasco
Ancestry of “verunglücken”, step by step
verunglücken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German unglück
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | unglück | unhappiness; sorrow |
| 2 | German | un- | un-; grave; bad; horrifying |
| 3 | Middle High German | un- | — |
| 4 | Old High German | un- | un-; prefix of negation, absence or contrariness |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
via German ver- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | ver- -en | Forms factitive verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" |