Where does “uncuþ” come from?
uncuþ (Old English) comes from Old English cūþ, from Old English cunnan, from Proto-West Germanic kunnan, from Proto-Germanic kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
uncuþ (Old English): unknown; unfamiliar, strange
Definitions
- unknown; unfamiliar, strange
Ancestry of “uncuþ”, step by step
uncuþ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English cūþ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | cūþ | known; familiar, intimate, known, usual; certain,... |
| 2 | Old English | cunnan | to know, to be familiar with; can, to know how |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | kunnan | to recognise; to know how, to be able |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kunnaną | to know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |