Where does “unmawkish” come from?

unmawkish (English) comes from English mawkish, from English mawk, from Middle English mawke, from Middle English mathek, from Old Norse maðkr, from Proto-Germanic maþukaz, from Proto-Germanic maþô, from Proto-Indo-European mot-.

unmawkish (English): Not mawkish

Definitions

  1. Not mawkish

Ancestry of “unmawkish”, step by step

unmawkish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mawkish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmawkishFeeling sick, queasy; Sickening or insipid in...
2Englishmawka maggot; a slattern
3Middle Englishmawke
4Middle Englishmathek
5Old Norsemaðkrmaggot, grub, worm
6Proto-Germanicmaþukaz
7Proto-Germanicmaþômaggot, worm
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmot-

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mot-Every word from Proto-Germanic maþôEvery word from Proto-Germanic maþukaz