Where does “wehrdienstuntauglich” come from?
wehrdienstuntauglich (German) comes from German untauglich, 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.
wehrdienstuntauglich (German): unfit for military service
Definitions
- unfit for military service
Ancestry of “wehrdienstuntauglich”, step by step
wehrdienstuntauglich traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German untauglich
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | untauglich | unfit, unsuited; ineligible |
| 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 Wehrdienst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wehrdienst | military service, national service |
| 2 | German | Wehr | resistance; defence; also in the sense of... |
| 3 | Middle High German | were | — |
| 4 | Old High German | werī | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | warīniz | warding off, defense |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -īniz | Forms abstract nouns from weak class 1 verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -niz | Forms abstract nouns from verbal roots and stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -nis | — |