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Where does “unsǣle” come from?

unsǣle (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic unsēliz, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

unsǣle (Old English): evil, wicked

Definitions

  1. evil, wicked

Ancestry of “unsǣle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicunsēlizunhappy, unfortunate, poor; unkind, bad, wicked
2Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
3Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
4Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “unsǣle”

  • unseel
  • unsele
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