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Where does “unumlauted” come from?

unumlauted (English) comes from English umlauted, from English umlaut, from German umlaut, from German Laut, from Middle High German lūt, from Old High German lūt, from Proto-West Germanic hlūd, from Proto-Germanic hlūdaz — to cover; to incline.

unumlauted (English): Not marked with an umlaut

Definitions

  1. Not marked with an umlaut

Ancestry of “unumlauted”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishumlautedsimple past tense and past participle of umlaut;...
2EnglishumlautAn assimilatory process whereby a vowel is...
3Germanumlaut—
4GermanLautsound; noise
5Middle High Germanlūt—
6Old High Germanlūtloud
7Proto-West Germanichlūdloud; sound
8Proto-Germanichlūdazloud; famous
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱlewtosheard, famous
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱlew-to hear
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline
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