Where does “ûnwittend” come from?

ûnwittend (West Frisian) comes from West Frisian ûn-, from Old Frisian un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

ûnwittend (West Frisian): unknowing, ignorant

Definitions

  1. unknowing, ignorant

Ancestry of “ûnwittend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Frisianûn-Used to form nouns denoting a lack of the prefixed noun; un
2Old Frisianun-—
3Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
4Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Proto-Germanic un- →