Where does “uncouth” come from?

uncouth (Yola) comes from Middle English uncouth, from Old English uncūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *unkunþ, from Proto-Germanic unkunþaz, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

uncouth (Yola): strange

Definitions

  1. strange

Ancestry of “uncouth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishuncouth—
2Old Englishuncūþunknown; unfamiliar; strange
3Proto-West Germanic*unkunþ—
4Proto-Germanicunkunþazunknown
5Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Proto-Germanic un- →
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