Where does “o-” come from?
o- (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish ō-, from Old Norse ú-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
o- (Swedish): added to adjectives to yield their opposites;...
Definitions
- added to adjectives to yield their opposites;...
Ancestry of “o-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Swedish | ō- | — |
| 2 | Old Norse | ú- | not, non-, un- |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |