Where does “bashfulness” come from?
Bashfulness comes from English bashful, derived from English abashed plus Old English -nes, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- meaning to fill or be full.
bashfulness (English): The quality or property of being bashful
Definitions
- The quality or property of being bashful
Ancestry of “bashfulness”, step by step
bashfulness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bashful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bashful | Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid;... |
| 2 | English | -ful | Used to form adjectives from nouns. Full of,... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ful | Appended to nouns to form adjectives denoting... |
| 4 | Old English | -ful | full of; -ful |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -fullaz | -ful |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An 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 |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |