Where does “u-” come from?

u- (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse ú-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

u- (Norwegian Bokmål): un-, im-; an abbreviation of certain words...

Definitions

  1. un-, im-; an abbreviation of certain words...

Ancestry of “u-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseú-not, non-, un-
2Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
3Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
4Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “u-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Proto-Germanic un- →