Where does “unshallow” come from?
unshallow (English) comes from English shallow, from Middle English schalowe, from Proto-Germanic *skal-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelh₁- — to parch, wither.
unshallow (English): Not shallow
Ancestry of “unshallow”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | shallow | Having little depth; significantly less deep than... |
| 2 | Middle English | schalowe | not deep, shallow |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *skal- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelh₁- | to parch, wither |