Where does “caselessness” come from?
caselessness (English) comes from English caseless, from English Case, from German Käse, from Middle High German kæse, from Old High German kāsi, from Proto-West Germanic kāsī, from Proto-Germanic kāsijaz, from Latin cāseus — to ferment, become sour; to boil.
caselessness (English): Absence of grammatical case
Definitions
- Absence of grammatical case
Ancestry of “caselessness”, step by step
caselessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English caseless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | caseless | Without a casing; uncased; Without grammatical... |
| 2 | English | Case | abstract feature of a noun phrase that determines... |
| 3 | German | Käse | cheese; nonsense |
| 4 | Middle High German | kæse | cheese |
| 5 | Old High German | kāsi | cheese |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kāsī | cheese |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kāsijaz | cheese |
| 8 | Latin | cāseus | cheese |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kwat- | to ferment, become sour; to boil |
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 |