Where does “ovanlig” come from?

ovanlig (Swedish) comes from Swedish o-, from Old Swedish ō-, from Old Norse ú-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

ovanlig (Swedish): unusual; uncommon, rare

Definitions

  1. unusual; uncommon, rare

Ancestry of “ovanlig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedisho-added to adjectives to yield their opposites;...
2Old Swedishō-—
3Old Norseú-not, non-, un-
4Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “ovanlig”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →