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Where does “cuntly” come from?

cuntly (English) comes from English Cunt, from Middle English cunte, from Old English cunte, from Proto-West Germanic *kuntā, from Proto-Germanic kuntǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gʷen- — woman.

cuntly (English): Extremely unpleasant or objectionable; bitchy;...

Definitions

  1. Extremely unpleasant or objectionable; bitchy;...

Ancestry of “cuntly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCunt—
2Middle Englishcuntevagina
3Old Englishcuntecunt; vagina; vulva
4Proto-West Germanic*kuntā—
5Proto-Germanickuntǭfemale pudenda; vulva; sheath
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷen-woman
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷen- →