Where does “feltness” come from?
feltness (English) comes from English felt, from Middle English felt, from Old English felt, from Proto-West Germanic felt, from Proto-Indo-European pilto.
feltness (English): The quality of being felt
Definitions
- The quality of being felt
Ancestry of “feltness”, step by step
feltness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English felt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | felt | A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool,... |
| 2 | Middle English | felt | Felted fabric or a sample or swab of it; felt; A... |
| 3 | Old English | felt | felt |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | felt | felt |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pilto | — |
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 |