Where does “bloomlessness” come from?
bloomlessness (English) comes from English bloomless, from English Bloom, from Swedish Blom, from Swedish blomma, from Old Swedish blōme, from Old Norse blómi, from Proto-Germanic blōmô, from Proto-Germanic blōaną.
bloomlessness (English): Absence of blooms
Definitions
- Absence of blooms
Ancestry of “bloomlessness”, step by step
bloomlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bloomless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bloomless | Without blooms |
| 2 | English | Bloom | A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud |
| 3 | Swedish | Blom | — |
| 4 | Swedish | blomma | a flower; wife; to flower, to bloom, to blossom |
| 5 | Old Swedish | blōme | flower |
| 6 | Old Norse | blómi | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | blōmô | flower |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | blōaną | to bloom, to flower |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
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 |