uncouth
‘unfamiliar, odd, awkward, strange’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. uncuþ, uncuð, vnchut, onecouþ < O.E. uncuð ‘unknown, strange, unusual; uncertain, unfamiliar; unfriendly, unkind, rough’ < un- ‘not’ + cuð ‘known, well-known’ < cunnan ‘to know’ < Proto-G. kunnjanan ‘be mentally able, have learned’ < kooth < gno- < Tamil kaṇ