Where does “buildering” come from?
buildering (English) comes from English building, from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum — smoke; mist, haze.
buildering (English): The practice of climbing buildings as a...
Definitions
- The practice of climbing buildings as a...
Ancestry of “buildering”, step by step
buildering traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English building
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | building | The act or process by which something is built;... |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English bouldering
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bouldering | Climbing, without ropes, on large boulders or... |
| 2 | English | boulder | A large mass of stone detached from the... |
| 3 | Middle English | bulder | Alternative form of bilder |
| 4 | Old Norse | bolli | goblet, cup |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bullô | round object; ball; bowl |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ballô | ball |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |