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-

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.

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