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Where does “ungilīk” come from?

ungilīk (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic ungalīkaz, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

Ancestry of “ungilīk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicungalīkazdissimilar, different, unlike
2Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
3Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
4Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “ungilīk”

  • ongelijk
  • inkomensongelijkheid
  • ongelijkheid
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