Where does “chokiness” come from?
chokiness (English) comes from English choky, from English choke, from Middle English choken, from Middle English acheken, from Middle English a-, from Old English ā-, from Old English ar-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ- — out, outward.
chokiness (English): Quality of being choky
Definitions
- Quality of being choky
Ancestry of “chokiness”, step by step
chokiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English choky
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | choky | Alternative form of chokey |
| 2 | English | choke | To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of... |
| 3 | Middle English | choken | To asphyxiate or strangle to cause to choke |
| 4 | Middle English | acheken | To asphyxiate to cause to choke |
| 5 | Middle English | a- | up, out, away; of; on, in |
| 6 | Old English | ā- | a-; away, out |
| 7 | Old English | ar- | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
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 |