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Where does “couthie” come from?

couthie (English) comes from English couth, from English uncouth, from Middle English uncouth, from Old English uncūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *unkunþ, from Proto-Germanic unkunþaz, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥- — not.

couthie (English): Friendly, agreeable, pleasant

Definitions

  1. Friendly, agreeable, pleasant

Ancestry of “couthie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcouthFamiliar, known; well-known, renowned; "Variant...
2EnglishuncouthUnfamiliar, strange, foreign; Clumsy, awkward;...
3Middle Englishuncouth—
4Old Englishuncūþunknown; unfamiliar; strange
5Proto-West Germanic*unkunþ—
6Proto-Germanicunkunþazunknown
7Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
8Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
9Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
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