Where does “mifätik” come from?

mifätik (Volapük) comes from Volapük mifät, from Volapük fät, from German vater, from Middle High German vater, from Old High German fater, from Proto-West Germanic fader, from Proto-Germanic fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European ph₂tḗr — to protect; to shepherd.

mifätik (Volapük): disastrous, catastrophic

Definitions

  1. disastrous, catastrophic

Ancestry of “mifätik”, step by step

mifätik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Volapük mifät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Volapükmifätdisaster, catastrophe
2Volapükfätfate; destiny; doom
3Germanvaterfather
4Middle High Germanvaterfather
5Old High Germanfaterfather
6Proto-West Germanicfaderfather
7Proto-Germanicfadērfather
8Proto-Indo-Europeanph₂tḗrfather
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd

via Volapük ik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Volapükikadjective morpheme
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ph₂tḗr →Every word from Proto-Germanic fadēr →
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