unsweet

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Not sweet.

Inherited from Middle English

Inherited from Old English

Cognate with Western Frisian

Cognate with Dutch

Cognate with German

Cognate with Swedish

Cognate with Icelandic

In summary

From Middle English unswete, from Old English unswēte (“unsweet; bitter; sour”), from Proto-West Germanic *unswōtī, from Proto-Germanic *unswōtuz (“unsweet”), equivalent to un- + sweet. Cognate with West Frisian ûnswiet (“unsweet”), Dutch onzoet (“unsweet”), German Low German unsööt (“unsweet”), German unsüß (“unsweet”), Swedish osöt (“unsweet”), Icelandic ósætur (“unsweet”).