Where does “birthlessness” come from?
birthlessness (English) comes from English birthless, from English birth, from Middle English birthen, from Old English byrþen, from Proto-West Germanic burþini, from Proto-West Germanic burþī, from Proto-Germanic burþį̄, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.
birthlessness (English): Absence of birth
Definitions
- Absence of birth
Ancestry of “birthlessness”, step by step
birthlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English birthless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | birthless | Without a birth or births; Of mean extraction;... |
| 2 | English | birth | The process of childbearing; the beginning of... |
| 3 | Middle English | birthen | — |
| 4 | Old English | byrþen | burden |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | burþini | burden |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | burþī | burden |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | burþį̄ | burden |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēr- | shiny, light brown |
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 |