Where does “uncouthly” come from?

uncouthly (English) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

uncouthly (English): In an uncouth manner

Definitions

  1. In an uncouth manner

Ancestry of “uncouthly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishuncouthUnfamiliar, strange, foreign; Clumsy, awkward;...
2Middle Englishuncouth—
3Old Englishuncūþunknown; unfamiliar; strange
4Proto-West Germanic*unkunþ—
5Proto-Germanicunkunþazunknown
6Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
8Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Proto-Germanic un- →