Where does “onnozel” come from?

onnozel (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch onnosel, 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.

onnozel (Dutch): innocent; naive, gullible; silly, goofy

Definitions

  1. innocent; naive, gullible; silly, goofy

Ancestry of “onnozel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchonnosel—
2Middle Dutchon-un-, in-
3Old Dutchun-—
4Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “onnozel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Proto-Germanic un- →