Where does “אומבאַקאַנט” come from?

אומבאַקאַנט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אומ־, 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.

אומבאַקאַנט (Yiddish): unknown

Definitions

  1. unknown

Ancestry of “אומבאַקאַנט”, step by step

אומבאַקאַנט traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish אומ־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאומ־un-, in-
2Old High Germanun-un-; prefix of negation, absence or contrariness
3Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
4Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

via Yiddish באַקאַנט

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishבאַקאַנטknown, well-known
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Proto-Germanic un- →