Where does “uns” come from?
uns (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse unz, from Proto-Germanic und, from Proto-Indo-European h₂n̥tó.
uns (Icelandic): until
Ancestry of “uns”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | unz | until |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | und | until, unto, up to |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tó | — |