Words that come from Old English “-nes”
400 words across 24 languages descend from Old English -nes — including business, darkness, witness, thickness, wilderness, righteousness, sickness, forgiveness.
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English (164)
- business
- darkness
- witness
- thickness
- wilderness
- righteousness
- sickness
- forgiveness
- greatness
- bitterness
- sweetness
- brightness
- blindness
- hardness
- whiteness
- weariness
- fullness
- idleness
- Witness
- coolness
- pigeon
- carelessness
- softness
- businessman
- dizziness
- oneness
- nakedness
- sharpness
- eyewitness
- redness
- shortness
- recklessness
- swiftness
- heaviness
- newness
- businesslike
- loudness
- soreness
- steadfastness
- pidgin
- greenness
- agribusiness
- hoarseness
- evenness
- fastness
- foulness
- biz
- businesswoman
- businessperson
- moodiness
- nonbusiness
- sourness
- dumbness
- pigeonhole
- unforgiveness
- besom
- endlessness
- semidarkness
- witnesseth
- deepness
- broadness
- deadliness
- forlornness
- wideness
- saltness
- unbusinesslike
- trueness
- churlishness
- oldness
- probusiness
- litheness
- multibusiness
- pidginization
- lustfulness
- showbusiness
- wiseness
- antibusiness
- nonwhiteness
- witnessable
- microbusiness
- nonwilderness
- earwitness
- pigeonhouse
- businesswise
- bisson
- strongness
- pigeonry
- bizjet
- rightwiseness
- nonwitness
- pigeoneer
- woodness
- businessy
- cybersickness
- businesswear
- unwitnessable
- pigeonlike
- businessfolk
- onefoldness
- longsomeness
- pigeonwing
- uprighteousness
- megabusiness
- thicknesser
- prebusiness
- pidginize
- sickerness
- agribusinessman
- bizzo
- businesswide
- witnesser
- bizspeak
- businessless
- pigeonberry
- witnessest
- pigeony
- pigeonhawk
- prepidgin
- businesslikeness
- pigeonwood
- stereoblindness
- witnessless
- overgreatness
- pigeonholer
- telebusiness
- trainsickness
- superbusiness
- antipigeon
- businessese
- pigeongrass
- besomer
- pidgin English
- pigeonfoot
- pigeongram
- e-business
- anti-Witness
- fesnyng
- self-righteousness
- do business
- business trip
- cyberbusiness
- businesslikely
- pigeonless
- pigeonholeable
- unpigeonholeable
- businessmanlike
- besomlike
- businessworthy
- businessworthiness
- by-business
- witsec
- gallsickness
- pigeonplum
- bizbabble
- pidginogenic
- businesscrat
- semi-darkness
- cannabusiness
- cisness
- bleisure
- pidginist
- radiosickness
- witnesse
- depidginize
Middle English (101)
- stedfastnesse
- -nesse
- siknesse
- treunesse
- blyndnes
- onnesse
- rightwisnes
- strongnes
- bisynesse
- derknesse
- swetnes
- swetnesse
- sharpnesse
- churlischnesse
- reednes
- bitternesse
- akennednesse
- saltenesse
- colnes
- sornesse
- bisne
- swiftnesse
- sowrenesse
- foulnesse
- sarnesse
- woodnesse
- gretnesse
- busines
- bryghtnes
- dedlinesse
- carelesnes
- fastnesse
- witnesse
- forgiveness
- depnesse
- lustfulnesse
- brodnes
- thiknesse
- oldnesse
- fulnesse
- sikirnes
- newnesse
- wisnesse
- nakednesse
- hevinesse
- whitenesse
- langsumnesse
- sornes
- lithnesse
- forlorennesse
- reklesnes
- endelesnes
- modinesse
- loudnesse
- widenes
- wildernesse
- sorenes
- annesse
- gretnes
- thikkenesse
- hevynesse
- bisynes
- busynes
- businesse
- hosnesse
- dombenesse
- swyftnesse
- softnesse
- biternesse
- carlesnesse
- hwitnesse
- hardness
- blyndnesse
- widenesse
- trewenesse
- cherlischnesse
- rekelesnesse
- scharpnesse
- reklesnesse
- duysenes
- whytnesse
- foulnes
- whitnesse
- forgifnes
- festnesse
- greetnesse
- brightnesse
- disynes
- stedefastnesse
- rednesse
- schortnesse
- evennesse
- saltnesse
- idelnesse
- colnesse
- folnesse
- werynes
- sournesse
- wodnesse
- deadlicnesse
- endelesnesse
Old English (93)
- stedefæstnes
- -ness
- deaþlicnes
- swetnes
- trēownes
- blindnes
- beorhtnes
- ānnes
- sealtnes
- rihtwīsnes
- witnes
- forgifnes
- sealdnes
- swētnes
- sċearpnes
- ċeorlisċnes
- rēadnes
- biternes
- gedrefednes
- annes
- gebigednes
- ealdnes
- tomearcodnes
- fæstnes
- modstaþolnes
- æwiscnes
- greatnes
- hefignes
- gefegnes
- swiftnes
- carleasnes
- wacnes
- staþolnes
- licnes
- mildheortnes
- totwæmednes
- godnes
- sūrnes
- þicnes
- deopnes
- fūlnes
- wōdnes
- nacodnes
- bisiġnes
- dēadlīcnes
- carlēasnes
- fulnes
- dēopnes
- deorcnes
- grēatnes
- lustfulnes
- brādnes
- sicornes
- wīsnes
- hefiġnes
- hwītnes
- langsumnes
- grennes
- sārnes
- forlorenes
- rēcelēasnes
- endelēasnes
- mōdiġnes
- sēocnes
- wīdnes
- blǣd
- dumbnes
- hāsnes
- nīewnes
- efennes
- dysiġnes
- cēlnes
- forġiefnes
- ġelīcnes
- īdelnes
- sōftnes
- ānfealdnes
- wilddēor
- *wildēornes
- heardnes
- niþernes
- ungeþwærnes
- ablinnendnes
- acennednes
- agægednes
- ambihtsumnes
- earfoþnes
- feornes
- fielleseocnes
- forgægednes
- fulfremednes
- geflæscnes
- geswæsnes