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

  1. To open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been...

Ancestry of “unseel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishunsele—
2Old Englishunsǣleevil, wicked
3Proto-Germanicunsēlizunhappy, unfortunate, poor; unkind, bad, wicked
4Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Proto-Germanic un- →
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