Where does “bleeding-heart” come from?
bleeding-heart (English) comes from English bleeding, from English bleed, from Middle English bleden, from Middle English -en, from Old English -en, from Old Norse -inn, from Proto-Norse -īna-, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz — adjectival suffix.
bleeding-heart (English): Any of several species of bird in the genus...
Definitions
- Any of several species of bird in the genus...
Ancestry of “bleeding-heart”, step by step
bleeding-heart traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bleeding
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bleeding | present participle of bleed; Losing blood;... |
| 2 | English | bleed | To lose blood through an injured blood vessel; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | bleden | plural of blede; To bleed; to experience blood... |
| 4 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 5 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 6 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 7 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |