Where does “unhuddle” come from?

unhuddle (English) comes from English Huddle, from Middle English hudelen, from Middle English huderen, from Middle English hoderen, from Middle English huden, from Old English hȳdan, from Proto-Germanic hūdijaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewdʰ- — to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...

unhuddle (English): To emerge from a huddle or tight group

Definitions

  1. To emerge from a huddle or tight group

Ancestry of “unhuddle”, step by step

unhuddle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Huddle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHuddleA dense and disorderly crowd
2Middle Englishhudelen
3Middle Englishhuderen
4Middle Englishhoderento cover; press together; huddle
5Middle Englishhuden
6Old Englishhȳdanto hide, conceal, preserve; to conceal; hide
7Proto-Germanichūdijanąto hide, conceal
8Proto-Indo-European(s)kewdʰ-to cover, encase; to hide, conceal; to cover,...
9Proto-Indo-European(s)kew-to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew-