Where does “onprettig” come from?

onprettig (Dutch) comes from Dutch prettig, from Dutch pret — fun.

onprettig (Dutch): unpleasant, disagreeable

Definitions

  1. unpleasant, disagreeable

Ancestry of “onprettig”, step by step

onprettig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch prettig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchprettigmerry, enjoyable
2Dutchpretfun

via Dutch on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchonrarely used as shorthand for oneven (odd), the prefix on- means not (corresponds to English un-)
Every word from Dutch pret →Every word from Dutch prettig →