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Where does “un” come from?

un (Slovene) comes from Proto-Slavic *onъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic anas, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en — there.

un (Slovene): that

Definitions

  1. that

Ancestry of “un”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*onъ—
2Proto-Balto-Slavicanasthat over there, yonder
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enthere
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en →