Where does “uncommunicative” come from?
I need to flag a critical issue with this chain: it appears malformed and doesn't support the headword "uncommunicative." The chain shows: - English communicative (missing the "un-" prefix of the headword) - Middle French communicatif - Then multiple repetitions and fragments of Proto-Indo-European roots that don't coherently connect The chain doesn't explain how "un-" (a Germanic prefix) fits into Romance language etymologies, and the PIE elements are incomplete or duplicated rather than showing a clear derivational path. **I cannot write an accurate one-sentence summary from this chain** because doing so would violate the requirement to "state only what the chain supports" and would require me to invent connecting steps. Could you provide: 1. A corrected chain for "uncommunicative"? 2. Clarification on whether this chain is meant for "communicative"
uncommunicative (English): Tending not to communicate; not communicating
Definitions
- Tending not to communicate; not communicating
Ancestry of “uncommunicative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Un- | not |
| 2 | English | still | Not moving; calm; Not effervescing; not... |
| 3 | Old English | stillan | become calm, abate, subside; calm, pacify,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | stillijan | to make still, quiet |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |