Where does “unhold” come from?

unhold (Middle English) comes from Old English unhold, from Proto-Germanic unhulþaz, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

unhold (Middle English): unfriendly; hostile

Definitions

  1. unfriendly; hostile

Ancestry of “unhold”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishunholdunfriendly, hostile
2Proto-Germanicunhulþazunfriendly, hostile
3Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
4Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
5Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Proto-Germanic un- →