Where does “verunsichern” come from?

verunsichern (German) comes from German unsicher, from German sicher, from Middle High German siher, from Old High German sihur, from Proto-West Germanic sikur, from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex — six.

verunsichern (German): to unsettle, to make insecure, to make uncertain

Definitions

  1. to unsettle, to make insecure, to make uncertain

Ancestry of “verunsichern”, step by step

verunsichern traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German unsicher

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanunsicheruncertain
2Germansichersafe, secure; sure, certain; safely
3Middle High Germansiher
4Old High Germansihur
5Proto-West Germanicsikursecure, safe; sure, certain
6Latinsēcūruscareless, negligent
7Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
8Latinsexsix; 6
9Proto-Italicsekssix
10Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via German ver- -en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanver- -enForms factitive verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)"
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs
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