Where does “untrustworthy” come from?
I need to carefully parse this chain, as it appears to have some issues or unclear elements. Looking at the chain provided: - English trustworthy - English trust - English worthy - Proto-Indo-European óynos - Proto-Indo-European ano- - Proto-Indo-European ano- (repeated) - Latin -ium - Proto-Indo-European -kos This chain seems problematic because: 1. "Untrustworthy" would be a negation of "trustworthy" 2. The chain jumps between languages in ways that don't clearly connect to the headword 3. Multiple PIE elements are listed without clear morphological roles 4. The relationship between these elements and "untrustworthy" isn't transparent Given the rules require me to state only what the chain supports and not invent steps, and given that this chain doesn't clearly establish a coher
untrustworthy (English): Not deserving of trust; unreliable
Definitions
- Not deserving of trust; unreliable
Ancestry of “untrustworthy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trustworthy | Deserving of trust, reliable |
| 2 | English | -worthy | Of sufficient worth for; deserving of; Suitable... |
| 3 | English | Worthy | OS grid ref SS8548 |
| 4 | English | -ly | Used to form adjectives from nouns, the... |
| 5 | English | grisly | Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying;... |
| 6 | Middle English | grisely | — |
| 7 | Old English | grisliċ | grisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid |
| 8 | Old English | -līċ | suffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *-līk | — |