Where does “onbeschaven” come from?

onbeschaven (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch on-, from Old Dutch un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

onbeschaven (Middle Dutch): untouched, not disturbed

Definitions

  1. untouched, not disturbed

Ancestry of “onbeschaven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchon-un-, in-
2Old Dutchun-—
3Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
4Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Proto-Germanic un- →