Where does “clanswoman” come from?
clanswoman (English) comes from English clan, from Irish clann, from Middle Irish clann, from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ — flat.
clanswoman (English): a female member of a clan
Definitions
- a female member of a clan
Ancestry of “clanswoman”, step by step
clanswoman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English clan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | clan | A group of people all descended from a common... |
| 2 | Irish | clann | children, offspring; race, descendants, clan;... |
| 3 | Middle Irish | clann | children; family; offspring |
| 4 | Old Irish | cland | children; family; offspring |
| 5 | Old Welsh | plant | children |
| 6 | Latin | planta | any vegetable production that serves to propagate... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | plāntā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |
via English woman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | woman | An adult female human; All female humans... |
| 2 | Middle English | womman | An female adult person; a woman; The female sex... |
| 3 | Old English | wīfmann | woman; female servant; woman |
| 4 | Old English | mann | person; man meaning mankind; man meaning adult... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | mann | person, human |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *mann- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |