Where does “un-” come from?
un- (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
un- (Proto-Germanic): not, un-
Ancestry of “un-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |