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Where does “unholdo” come from?

unholdo (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic unhulþô, from Proto-Germanic unhulþaz, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

Ancestry of “unholdo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicunhulþôevil spirit; monster, devil
2Proto-Germanicunhulþazunfriendly, hostile
3Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
4Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
5Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “unholdo”

  • Unhold
  • unholde
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