Where does “ongeboren” come from?

ongeboren (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.

ongeboren (Dutch): unborn

Definitions

  1. unborn

Ancestry of “ongeboren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchon-un-, in-; on, without
2Middle Dutchon-un-, in-
3Old Dutchun-
4Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neEvery word from Proto-Indo-European n̥-Every word from Dutch on-
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