Where does “disgruntledness” come from?
disgruntledness (English) comes from English disgruntled, from English disgruntle, from English gruntle, from English grunt, from Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan, from Proto-West Germanic *grunnattjan, from Proto-Germanic grunnatjaną — to shout.
disgruntledness (English): The quality of being disgruntled
Definitions
- The quality of being disgruntled
Ancestry of “disgruntledness”, step by step
disgruntledness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English disgruntled
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | disgruntled | simple past tense and past participle of... |
| 2 | English | disgruntle | To make discontent or cross; to put in a bad... |
| 3 | English | gruntle | To utter small, low grunts; To complain; to... |
| 4 | English | grunt | A short snorting sound, often to show... |
| 5 | Middle English | grunten | To grunt or groan as or like an animal; to make... |
| 6 | Old English | grunnettan | to grunt |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *grunnattjan | to grunt |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | grunnatjaną | To grunt |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | grunnōną | to grunt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrun- | to shout |
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 |