Where does “usæl” come from?
usæl (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse úsæll, from Proto-Germanic *unsāliz, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
Ancestry of “usæl”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | úsæll | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *unsāliz | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |