Where does “droughtiness” come from?
droughtiness (English) comes from English droughty, from English drought, from Middle English droughte, from Old English drūgaþ, from Old English drȳġe, from Proto-West Germanic *drūgi, from Proto-Germanic drūgiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰerǵʰ- — to support; to hold.
droughtiness (English): Dryness of the weather; lack of rain
Definitions
- Dryness of the weather; lack of rain
Ancestry of “droughtiness”, step by step
droughtiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English droughty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | droughty | Lacking rain; dry; thirsty |
| 2 | English | drought | A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and... |
| 3 | Middle English | droughte | Drought; an absence of rain |
| 4 | Old English | drūgaþ | dryness, drought |
| 5 | Old English | drȳġe | dry; dry; parched, withered |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *drūgi | dry |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | drūgiz | hard, solid; dry |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰerǵʰ- | to strengthen; to strengthen; become hard; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |
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 |