Where does “dreadtalk” come from?
dreadtalk (English) comes from English dreads, from English dreadlocks, from Jamaican Creole dreadlocks, from Jamaican Creole dread, from English dread, from Middle English dreden, from Old English drǣdan, from Old English ondrǣdan — on, onto.
dreadtalk (English): Iyaric
Ancestry of “dreadtalk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | dreads | dreadlocks; A Rastafarian person; Third-person... |
| 2 | English | dreadlocks | A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in... |
| 3 | Jamaican Creole | dreadlocks | — |
| 4 | Jamaican Creole | dread | — |
| 5 | English | dread | To fear greatly; To anticipate with fear; To be... |
| 6 | Middle English | dreden | — |
| 7 | Old English | drǣdan | to fear, dread |
| 8 | Old English | ondrǣdan | to fear, dread |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | andarādan | to be afraid, fear; to be in awe |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; in return, back; facing,... |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; un-, de- |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |