Where does “unc” come from?

unc (Middle High German) comes from Old High German unc, from Proto-West Germanic *unk.

unc (Middle High German): a snake, a serpent, a basilisk

Definitions

  1. a snake, a serpent, a basilisk

Ancestry of “unc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanuncsnake; toad
2Proto-West Germanic*unk—

Words derived from “unc”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *unk →Every word from Old High German unc →
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