Where does “אומ־” come from?

אומ־ (Yiddish) comes from Old High German un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

אומ־ (Yiddish): un-, in-

Definitions

  1. un-, in-

Ancestry of “אומ־”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanun-un-; prefix of negation, absence or contrariness
2Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
3Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
4Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
5Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “אומ־”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Proto-Germanic un- →