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
Ancestry of “unhold”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | 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 |