Where does “unke” come from?

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

unke (Middle High German): snake, basilisk

Definitions

  1. snake, basilisk

Ancestry of “unke”, step by step

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

Words derived from “unke”

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