Where does “onhout” come from?
onhout (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch unhold, from Proto-Germanic unhulþaz, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
onhout (Middle Dutch): hostile, unfriendly
Ancestry of “onhout”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | unhold | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | unhulþaz | unfriendly, hostile |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |