Where does “*unkunþ” come from?
*unkunþ (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic unkunþaz, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
Ancestry of “*unkunþ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | unkunþaz | unknown |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |