Where does “craftlessness” come from?
craftlessness (English) comes from English craftless, from English craft, from German kraft, from Middle High German kraft, from Old High German kraft, from Proto-West Germanic kraftu, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
craftlessness (English): Absence of craft
Definitions
- Absence of craft
Ancestry of “craftlessness”, step by step
craftlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English craftless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | craftless | Without a craft; unskilled; Without craft;... |
| 2 | English | craft | Strength; power; might; force; Intellectual... |
| 3 | German | kraft | on the basis of; by virtue of; by means of,... |
| 4 | Middle High German | kraft | — |
| 5 | Old High German | kraft | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kraftu | strength, power; skill |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
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 |