Where does “u-” come from?
u- (Danish) comes from Old Norse ú-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
u- (Danish): in-, un-, non-
Ancestry of “u-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | ú- | not, non-, un- |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |