Where does “fiercity” come from?

fiercity (English) comes from English fierce, from Middle English fers, from Old English fers, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

fiercity (English): The quality of being fierce

Definitions

  1. The quality of being fierce

Ancestry of “fiercity”, step by step

fiercity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fierce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfierceExceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or...
2Middle Englishfersbrave, bold
3Old Englishfersverse; sentence, title
4Latinversusturned, changed, having been turned; towards,...
5Latinvertōto turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve
6Proto-Italicwertōto turn
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via English ity

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishity
2Ingrian-uUsed to form nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer-