Where does “flattishness” come from?
flattishness (English) comes from English flattish, from English flat, from Scots flet, from Middle English flet, from Old English flet, from Proto-Germanic flatją, from Proto-Germanic flataz, from Proto-Indo-European plÁt-.
flattishness (English): Quality of being flattish
Definitions
- Quality of being flattish
Ancestry of “flattishness”, step by step
flattishness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flattish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flattish | Somewhat flat, in any comparable sense of the... |
| 2 | English | flat | Having no variations in height; Without... |
| 3 | Scots | flet | inner part of a house |
| 4 | Middle English | flet | the floor, ground; a dwelling, habitation, house,... |
| 5 | Old English | flet | the floor, ground; a dwelling, habitation, house,... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | flatją | a level surface; level ground; the floor of a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | flataz | flat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plÁt- | — |
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 |