ú-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "u"

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• ó-

Etymology

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

ú-

1. not, non-, un-

Derived terms

Old Norse terms prefixed with ú-

Descendants

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

References

• ú or ó in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.