Where does “couthiness” come from?
couthiness (English) comes from English couthie, from English couth, from English uncouth, from Middle English uncouth, from Old English uncūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *unkunþ, from Proto-Germanic unkunþaz, from Proto-Germanic un- — not.
couthiness (English): The quality of being couthie
Definitions
- The quality of being couthie
Ancestry of “couthiness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | couthie | Friendly, agreeable, pleasant |
| 2 | English | couth | Familiar, known; well-known, renowned; "Variant... |
| 3 | English | uncouth | Unfamiliar, strange, foreign; Clumsy, awkward;... |
| 4 | Middle English | uncouth | — |
| 5 | Old English | uncūþ | unknown; unfamiliar; strange |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *unkunþ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | unkunþaz | unknown |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |