Unkn.

Brit.

/ʌŋk/, U.S.

/əŋk/

Forms: 1800s Unc', 1800s– Unk, 1900s– Unc; also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: uncle n.

Etymology: Shortened < uncle n. Compare earlier Unky n.

colloquial (originally U.S.).

An informal term for: one's uncle; an uncle. Cf. Unky n.Chiefly used as a form of address, or as a title, preceding a first name.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > uncle > [noun]

emeOE

unclec1300

nunclec1426

nunka1589

Unky?1790

nunky1796

nunk1822

oom1822

nunks1841

Unk1868

chacha1937

tito1969

1868 E. D. E. N. Southworth Fair Play xxxi. 430 My pap and two unks and a host of our friends are loyal Virginians.

1895 T. N. Page Unc' Edinburg 10 How Unc' Tom he wared he swaller-tail ev'y day when he wait on de table.

1922 Amer. Druggist June 34/2 Your unk Gib was my masterpiece as a man.

1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xvii. 408 There's been tons of male influence for your children with the Unks around.

1991 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (2000) II. 7th Ser. Episode 6. 243/2 Albert. I don't know. Just remember, Del, he who dares, wins. Del. Oh don't gimme that old pony, Unc.

2008 S. Dowd Bog Child xix. 132 Uncle Tally drew up in the van. ‘Hey, Unk.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† unkpron.

Forms: Old English–early Middle English unc, early Middle English unke, early Middle English unnc ( Ormulum), early Middle English vnc.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with North Frisian †unk , Old Saxon unc , Old Icelandic okkr (Icelandic (as plural) okkur ), Faroese (as plural) okkum , (archaic) okkur , Norwegian regional (as plural) okke , okkon , Old Swedish oker , Gothic ugkis , probably < an Indo-European base related to that of us pron. On the survival of dual forms (but not the dual number) in some modern Germanic languages see discussion at yit pron. On the full paradigm of 1st person pronouns see general discussion at I pron. Compare unker pron., unker adj.Compare also the rare Old English forms uncet , (runic) ungket (compare Old English incit : see inc pron.), attested only in the accusative (not the dative), with the ending -it perhaps after wit pron., yit pron., or perhaps representing an alteration (with dissimilation) of an earlier form *uncic ; compare discussion of Old English ūsic at us pron., n., and adj., and see further P. V. Stiles ‘Old English uncet and incit’ in A. Petersen & H. F. Nielsen Frisian & Germanic Misc. (1996) 557–68), R. M. Hogg & R. D. Fulk Gram. Old Eng. (2011) II. §§5.26, 5.32:eOE Runic Inscription on Ruthwell Cross, Dumfriesshire in M. Swanton Dream of Rood (rev. ed.) (1996) 94 [Ahof] ic riicnæ Kyniŋc, heafunæs Hlafard, hælda ic ni dorstæ, Bismærædu uŋket [OE Dream of Rood unc] men ba ætgad[re].OE tr. Vitas Patrum in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 206 And þa sende he uncerne efenþeowa mid unc, þæt he uncet sceolde ut alædan of þam eorðscræfe. Compare also early Middle English unk self in emphatic use (in apposition to the first person dual pronoun and as the object of a preposition):c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11790 Hit is betere bi-twixen unke seoluen [c1300 Otho ous seolue] to-dælen and to-dihten þis kine-lond mid fihte.c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11809 Þat scal beon tomarȝen, biforen unker monnen, þat fehten wit scullen unc seoluen [c1300 Otho ous seolue] & falle þe for-cuðere.

Obsolete.

The objective case of the first person dual pronoun wit (see wit pron.): us two, both of us.

ΚΠ

OE Wife's Lament 22 Bliþe gebæro ful oft wit beotedan þæt unc ne gedælde nemne deað ana owiht elles.

OE Ælfric Old Eng. Hexateuch: Gen. (Claud.) xxii. 5 Ða cwæð Abraham to þam cnapum ðus: Anbidiað eow her mid þam assum sume hwile: ic & þæt cild gað unc to gebiddenne.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) Ded. l. 27 Unnc birrþ baþe þannkenn crist Þatt itt iss brohht till ende.

c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) l. 704 Swa þe cnotte is icnut bitweonen unc twa [c1225 Bodl. us tweien, a1250 Titus us tweien].

a1275 (?c1200) Prov. Alfred (Trin. Cambr.) (1955) 128 Mine daȝis arren nei done, & we sulen unc to-delen.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11790 Hit is betere bi-twixen unke seoluen [c1300 Otho ous seolue] to-dælen and to-dihten þis kine-lond mid fihte.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1776 Frend sule wit ben, And trewðe wligt [read pligt] nu unc bi-twen.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	unk
释义	Unkn. Brit. /ʌŋk/, U.S. /əŋk/ Forms: 1800s Unc', 1800s– Unk, 1900s– Unc; also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: uncle n. Etymology: Shortened < uncle n. Compare earlier Unky n. colloquial (originally U.S.). An informal term for: one's uncle; an uncle. Cf. Unky n.Chiefly used as a form of address, or as a title, preceding a first name. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > uncle > [noun] emeOE unclec1300 nunclec1426 nunka1589 Unky?1790 nunky1796 nunk1822 oom1822 nunks1841 Unk1868 chacha1937 tito1969 1868 E. D. E. N. Southworth Fair Play xxxi. 430 My pap and two unks and a host of our friends are loyal Virginians. 1895 T. N. Page Unc' Edinburg 10 How Unc' Tom he wared he swaller-tail ev'y day when he wait on de table. 1922 Amer. Druggist June 34/2 Your unk Gib was my masterpiece as a man. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xvii. 408 There's been tons of male influence for your children with the Unks around. 1991 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (2000) II. 7th Ser. Episode 6. 243/2 Albert. I don't know. Just remember, Del, he who dares, wins. Del. Oh don't gimme that old pony, Unc. 2008 S. Dowd Bog Child xix. 132 Uncle Tally drew up in the van. ‘Hey, Unk.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † unkpron. Forms: Old English–early Middle English unc, early Middle English unke, early Middle English unnc ( Ormulum), early Middle English vnc. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with North Frisian †unk , Old Saxon unc , Old Icelandic okkr (Icelandic (as plural) okkur ), Faroese (as plural) okkum , (archaic) okkur , Norwegian regional (as plural) okke , okkon , Old Swedish oker , Gothic ugkis , probably < an Indo-European base related to that of us pron. On the survival of dual forms (but not the dual number) in some modern Germanic languages see discussion at yit pron. On the full paradigm of 1st person pronouns see general discussion at I pron. Compare unker pron., unker adj.Compare also the rare Old English forms uncet , (runic) ungket (compare Old English incit : see inc pron.), attested only in the accusative (not the dative), with the ending -it perhaps after wit pron., yit pron., or perhaps representing an alteration (with dissimilation) of an earlier form uncic ; compare discussion of Old English ūsic* at us pron., n., and adj., and see further P. V. Stiles ‘Old English uncet and incit’ in A. Petersen & H. F. Nielsen Frisian & Germanic Misc. (1996) 557–68), R. M. Hogg & R. D. Fulk Gram. Old Eng. (2011) II. §§5.26, 5.32:eOE Runic Inscription on Ruthwell Cross, Dumfriesshire in M. Swanton Dream of Rood (rev. ed.) (1996) 94 [Ahof] ic riicnæ Kyniŋc, heafunæs Hlafard, hælda ic ni dorstæ, Bismærædu uŋket [OE Dream of Rood unc] men ba ætgad[re].OE tr. Vitas Patrum in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 206 And þa sende he uncerne efenþeowa mid unc, þæt he uncet sceolde ut alædan of þam eorðscræfe. Compare also early Middle English unk self in emphatic use (in apposition to the first person dual pronoun and as the object of a preposition):c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11790 Hit is betere bi-twixen unke seoluen [c1300 Otho ous seolue] to-dælen and to-dihten þis kine-lond mid fihte.c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11809 Þat scal beon tomarȝen, biforen unker monnen, þat fehten wit scullen unc seoluen [c1300 Otho ous seolue] & falle þe for-cuðere. Obsolete. The objective case of the first person dual pronoun wit (see wit pron.): us two, both of us. ΚΠ OE Wife's Lament 22 Bliþe gebæro ful oft wit beotedan þæt unc ne gedælde nemne deað ana owiht elles. OE Ælfric Old Eng. Hexateuch: Gen. (Claud.) xxii. 5 Ða cwæð Abraham to þam cnapum ðus: Anbidiað eow her mid þam assum sume hwile: ic & þæt cild gað unc to gebiddenne. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) Ded. l. 27 Unnc birrþ baþe þannkenn crist Þatt itt iss brohht till ende. c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) l. 704 Swa þe cnotte is icnut bitweonen unc twa [c1225 Bodl. us tweien, a1250 Titus us tweien]. a1275 (?c1200) Prov. Alfred (Trin. Cambr.) (1955) 128 Mine daȝis arren nei done, & we sulen unc to-delen. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11790 Hit is betere bi-twixen unke seoluen [c1300 Otho ous seolue] to-dælen and to-dihten þis kine-lond mid fihte. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1776 Frend sule wit ben, And trewðe wligt [read pligt] nu unc bi-twen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1868pron.OE
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