Where does “uncūþ” come from?

uncūþ (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *unkunþ, from Proto-Germanic unkunþaz, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

uncūþ (Old English): unknown; unfamiliar; strange

Definitions

  1. unknown; unfamiliar; strange

Ancestry of “uncūþ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*unkunþ—
2Proto-Germanicunkunþazunknown
3Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
4Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
5Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “uncūþ”

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