Etymograph

English

un-

Un- comes from Proto-West Germanic *un- ‘not, un-’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*n̥-‘not, un-’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*un-‘not, un-’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*un-‘not, un-’reconstructed
  4. Englishtodayun-

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*n̥-‘not, un-’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*un-‘not, un-’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*un-‘not, un-’reconstructed
  4. Englishtodayun-

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *un- ‘not, un-’

ungodly, 1 more

Another origin of un-

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂énts‘forehead, front’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂énti‘across, forth, forward, ahead’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*anda-‘against, opposing’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*anda-‘against, opposing’reconstructed
  5. Englishtodayun-

In some cases the meaning is influenced by un- (“not”, etymology 1).

Another origin of un-

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ís‘this, he’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁óynos‘one’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oinos‘one’reconstructed
  4. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEoinos
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEūnus‘one, single’
  6. Englishtodayun-

Today it means

prefix not

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *n̥- / un-

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