Appendix:Orphaned words

Orphaned words are words that are now rare or obsolete from which commonly used, extant words in the same language have been formed, usually by adding a suffix or prefix. They may also be considered roots of the extant words.

Examples are:

Orphaned word	Extant term	True root
gainly	ungainly	unknown
gruntle	disgruntle	unknown
kempt	unkempt	kembed
fro	to and fro
reck	reckless	reccan
ruth	ruthless	rue + -th
were	werewolf	wer