Where does “awryness” come from?

awryness (English) comes from English awry, from English a-, from Middle English a-, from Old English ā-, from Old English ar-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss- — out, outward.

awryness (English): The state of being awry

Definitions

  1. The state of being awry

Ancestry of “awryness”, step by step

awryness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English awry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishawryObliquely, crookedly; askew; Perversely,...
2Englisha-"arise, await"; "abide, amaze"; In, on, at; used...
3Middle Englisha-up, out, away; of; on, in
4Old Englishā-a-; away, out
5Old Englishar-
6Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
7Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
10Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via English Ness

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNessAn Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa
2Middle Englishnesse
3Old Englishnæsnot, not at all; not; first/third-person singular...
4Proto-Germanicnasjąfoothill; headland; cape
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂snose
Every word from Proto-Indo-European údEvery word from Proto-Indo-European uds-Every word from Proto-Indo-European uss-
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