ó-

See also Appendix:Variations of "o"

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ó- and ú-, from Proto-Germanic *un-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-, a prefix use of the particle *ne (“not”). In Faroese 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 Greek α- (a-), αν- (an-), Latin in-, and Old Irish in-.

Prefix

ó-

1. un-

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ó- and 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 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

[+] Icelandic words prefixed with ó-

• óbeinn
• óendanleiki
• ófriður
• ófrískur
• ófyrirgefanlegur
• óheppni
• óhittni
• óhóflegur
• óhuggandi
• óléttur
• óþekkur
• óró
• óhapp
• óreglulegur
• ósamlína
• óskeikull
• ósveigjanlegur
• ópersónulegur
• óþekkur
• óþolandi

See also

• ú-