Faroese

Prefix

ó-

1. un-

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ó-, ú-, from Proto-Germanic *un-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-, a prefix use of the particle *ne ‎(“not”). In Icelandic this changed very early from ú- to ó-.

Cognate with Old English un- (English un-) Old Saxon un-, Dutch on-, Old High German un- (German un-, Swedish o-, Norwegian u), and Gothic 𐌿𐌽- ‎(un-). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek α- ‎(a-), αν- ‎(an-), Latin in-, and Old Irish in-.

Prefix

ó-

1. un-, non-, in-

   ó- + ‎friður ‎(“peace”) → ‎ófriður ‎(“war”)

   ó- + ‎heppni ‎(“luck”) → ‎óheppni ‎(“bad luck”)

   ó- + ‎þekkur ‎(“well-behaved”) → ‎óþekkur ‎(“naughty”)

   ó- + ‎happ ‎(“a stroke of luck”) → ‎óhapp ‎(“accident”)

   ó- + ‎samlína ‎(“collinear”) → ‎ósamlína ‎(“noncollinear”)

Derived terms

• óendanlegur ‎(“endless, infinite”)
• óbundinn
• óheppni
• óhittni

See also

• ú-