Where does “chillingness” come from?
chillingness (English) comes from English chilling, from English chill, from Middle English ichille, from Middle English Will, from Middle English William, from Anglo-Norman Willame, from Old High German Willahelm, from Old High German helm — to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab.
chillingness (English): The quality of being chilling
Definitions
- The quality of being chilling
Ancestry of “chillingness”, step by step
chillingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chilling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chilling | Becoming cold; Causing cold; Causing mild fear |
| 2 | English | chill | A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating... |
| 3 | Middle English | ichille | I will |
| 4 | Middle English | Will | — |
| 5 | Middle English | William | — |
| 6 | Anglo-Norman | Willame | — |
| 7 | Old High German | Willahelm | William |
| 8 | Old High German | helm | helmet |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | helm | helmet |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | helmaz | helmet |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | halmaz | halm; stem; stalk; straw; hay |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱolh₂mos | stalk |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₂- | to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab |
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 |