Where does “unsunk” come from?

unsunk (English) comes from English sunk, from Proto-Turkic *süŋük — bone.

unsunk (English): Not having been sunk

Definitions

  1. Not having been sunk

Ancestry of “unsunk”, step by step

unsunk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sunk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsunkpast participle of sink; past tense of sink
2Proto-Turkic*süŋükbone

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Turkic *süŋük →Every word from English sunk →
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