unc
See also: UNC
English edit
Etymology edit
Shortening.
Noun edit
unc (plural uncs)
- (colloquial) uncle
- 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:
- Then Pangborn would find him and ask him what he thought he was doing here. He would ask if Ace had a job. He didn't, and he couldn't even claim he had come back to visit his unc, because Pop had been in his junkshop when the place burned down.
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Pronoun edit
unc
- Alternative form of unk
Old English edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
unc
- accusative/dative of wit: (to) us two
- "The Wife's Lament"
- Ongunnon þæt þæs mannes māgas hyċġan þurh dierne ġeþōht þæt hīe tōdǣlden unc.
- The person's relatives began to think of a secret plan to separate us.
- "The Wife's Lament"
Old High German edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *unkwiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”).
Noun edit
unc m
Descendants edit
- German: Unke