Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Norse ᚢᚾ- (un-), from Proto-Germanic *un-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-, a prefix use of the particle *ne (not). Cognates include Middle High German un-, Old English un-, Latin in- and Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-).

Prefix

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ú-

  1. not, non-, un-

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: ó-
  • Faroese: ó-
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: u-, o-
  • Old Swedish: ō-
    • Swedish: o-
  • Danish: u-
    • Norwegian Bokmål: u-

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