Where does “unseel” come from?
unseel (English) comes from Middle English unsele, from Old English unsǣle, from Proto-Germanic unsēliz, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
unseel (English): To open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been...
Definitions
- To open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been...
Ancestry of “unseel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | unsele | — |
| 2 | Old English | unsǣle | evil, wicked |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | unsēliz | unhappy, unfortunate, poor; unkind, bad, wicked |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |