Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗prefix
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorynot · lack of · contrary to traditional norms; unconventional
From Middle English un-, from Old English un-, from Proto-West Germanic *un-, from Proto-Germanic *un-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-. Cognate with Scots un-, on- (“un-”), North Frisian ün-, Saterland Frisian uun-, West Frisian ûn-, on-, Dutch on-, Low German un-, on-, German un-, Danish u-, Swedish o-, Norwegian u-, Icelandic ó-. More distant cognate with Latin in-, Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) (whence English a-, modern Greek α- (a-)) and Sanskrit अ- (a-). Doublet of in- and a-.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionun-enm
- Inherited-form mentionun-ang
- Inherited-form mention*un-gmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*un-gem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*n̥-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionun-sco
- Cognate mentionün-frr
- Cognate mentionuun-stq
- Cognate mentionûn-fy
- Cognate mentionon-nl
- Cognate mentionun-nds
- Cognate mentionun-de
- Cognate mentionu-da
- Cognate mentiono-sv
- Cognate mentionu-no
- Cognate mentionó-is
- Cognate mentionin-la
- Cognate mentionἀ-grc
- Cognate mentiona-en
- Cognate mentionα-el
- Cognate mentionअ-sa
- Doublet mentionin-en
- Doublet mentiona-en
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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