Where does “unco” come from?

Unco derives from English coordinated, which comes from Latin unus, from Proto-Indo-European óynos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne.

unco (English): Strange, weird; Very; Uncoordinated

Definitions

  1. Strange, weird; Very; Uncoordinated

Ancestry of “unco”, step by step

unco traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English uncoordinated

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishuncoordinatedNot coordinated or properly planned; Lacking...
2EnglishUn-not
3Middle Englishun-—
4Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
5Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
8Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

via Scots unco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotsuncounknown, strange; unusual, odd; great
2Scotsuncouth—

Words derived from “unco”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from English Un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →