Where does “onbekend” come from?
onbekend (Dutch) comes from Dutch on-, from Middle Dutch on-, from Old Dutch un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
onbekend (Dutch): unknown; anonymous
Ancestry of “onbekend”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | on- | un-, in-; on, without |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | on- | un-, in- |
| 3 | Old Dutch | un- | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |