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Where does “faanishness” come from?

faanishness (English) comes from English faanish, from English ish, from English -ish, from Middle English -ish, from Old English -isċ, from Proto-West Germanic -isk, from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

faanishness (English): Being more interested in fandom than in the...

Definitions

  1. Being more interested in fandom than in the...

Ancestry of “faanishness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfaanishMore interested in fandom than in the subject of...
2EnglishishPronunciation spelling of is; somewhat,...
3English-ishTypical of, similar to, being like; Somewhat,...
4Middle English-ishAlternative form of -yssh
5Old English-isċ-ish
6Proto-West Germanic-iskCreates adjectives from nouns
7Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
8Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to
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