Where does “unhoneyed” come from?
unhoneyed (English) comes from English honeyed, from Middle English honyed, from English honey, from Middle English hony, from Old English huniġ, from Proto-West Germanic hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunagą, from Proto-Germanic hunangą — honey.
unhoneyed (English): Not honeyed
Definitions
- Not honeyed
Ancestry of “unhoneyed”, step by step
unhoneyed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English honeyed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | honeyed | Sweetened, with, or as if with, honey; Sugary,... |
| 2 | Middle English | honyed | Made sweet using or honey or giving that... |
| 3 | English | honey | A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar... |
| 4 | Middle English | hony | Honey; Nectar; the secretion of flowers;... |
| 5 | Old English | huniġ | honey |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hunag | honey |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *hunagą | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hunangą | Alternative form of *hunagą |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kn̥h₂onk-o-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kn̥h₂ónks | honey |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |