Where does “crackbrainedness” come from?
crackbrainedness (English) comes from English crackbrained, from English brained, from English brain, from Middle English brayn, from Old English bræġn, from Proto-West Germanic *bragn, from Proto-Germanic bragną, from Proto-Indo-European mregʰnom — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
crackbrainedness (English): The quality of being crackbrained; idiocy
Definitions
- The quality of being crackbrained; idiocy
Ancestry of “crackbrainedness”, step by step
crackbrainedness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English crackbrained
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crackbrained | Idiotic |
| 2 | English | brained | Having a particular kind or number of brain;... |
| 3 | English | brain | The control center of the central nervous system... |
| 4 | Middle English | brayn | The brain or cerebrum; the organ of thought;... |
| 5 | Old English | bræġn | brain |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *bragn | brain |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bragną | brain |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mregʰnom | skull, brain |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |
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 |