Where does “unholpen” come from?

unholpen (English) comes from Middle English unholpen, from Middle English unhelpen, from Middle English un-, from Old English un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

unholpen (English): Not helped

Definitions

  1. Not helped

Ancestry of “unholpen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishunholpen—
2Middle Englishunhelpento unhelp
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Old English un- →