Where does “copperiness” come from?
copperiness (English) comes from English coppery, from English copper, from English cop, from Middle English cop, from Old English cop, from Proto-West Germanic *kopp, from Proto-Germanic kuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European gup- — to bend, curve, arch, buckle; to bend, to curve;...
copperiness (English): The quality of being coppery, or resembling...
Definitions
- The quality of being coppery, or resembling...
Ancestry of “copperiness”, step by step
copperiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English coppery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coppery | Resembling the metal copper, especially in color |
| 2 | English | copper | A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic... |
| 3 | English | cop | To capture or arrest someone |
| 4 | Middle English | cop | summit; top, tip, topmost part; top of the head,... |
| 5 | Old English | cop | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *kopp | vessel, container, bowl |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kuppaz | round object; orb; vessel; container; bowl;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gup- | round object, knoll |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gew- | to bend, curve, arch, buckle; to bend, to curve;... |
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 |