Where does “fetchingness” come from?
fetchingness (English) comes from English fetching, from English ing, from Middle English ing, from Old English ing, from Old Norse eng, from Proto-Germanic angijō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énkos, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
fetchingness (English): Quality of being fetching or attractive
Definitions
- Quality of being fetching or attractive
Ancestry of “fetchingness”, step by step
fetchingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fetching
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fetching | Attractive; pleasant to regard; present... |
| 2 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 3 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 4 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 5 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
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 |