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
- unfortunate, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless
Ancestry of “несчастливый”, step by step