Where does “everflowing” come from?
everflowing (English) comes from English flowing, from Middle English flowyng, from Middle English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną — smoke; mist, haze.
everflowing (English): which flows unceasingly
Ancestry of “everflowing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | flowing | present participle of flow; The action of the... |
| 2 | Middle English | flowyng | Flowing; the motion or moving of a liquid; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ing | Forms gerunds from verbs, typically referring to... |
| 4 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 5 | Old English | -tūn | — |
| 6 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 9 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |