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Where does “несчастливый” come from?

несчастливый (Russian) comes from Russian счастли́вый, from Russian сча́стье, from Old East Slavic съчастиѥ, from Proto-Slavic sъčęstьje, from Proto-Slavic sъ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁su-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁wes- — good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast.

несчастливый (Russian): unfortunate, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless

Definitions

  1. unfortunate, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless

Ancestry of “несчастливый”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianсчастли́вый—
2Russianсча́стье—
3Old East Slavicсъчастиѥ—
4Proto-Slavicsъčęstьjehappiness
5Proto-Slavicsъ-good
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁su-good
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁wes-good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast
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