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See also: UNC
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Shortening.
Noun[edit]
unc (plural uncs)
- (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[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
unc
- Alternative form of unk
Old English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
unc
- accusative/dative of wit: (to) us two
Old High German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *unkwiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”).
Noun[edit]
unc m
Descendants[edit]
- German: Unke
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