unc

See also: UNC

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

unc (plural uncs)

  1. (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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Middle English

Pronoun

unc

  1. Alternative form of unk

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /unk/, [uŋk]

Pronoun

unc

  1. 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.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *unkwiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (snake).

Noun

unc m

  1. snake
  2. toad

Descendants

  • German: Unke
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