Where does “flightworthiness” come from?
flightworthiness (English) comes from English flightworthy, from English flight, from Middle English flight, from Old English flyht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhtī, from Proto-Germanic *fluhtiją, from Proto-Germanic flehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
flightworthiness (English): airworthiness
Definitions
- airworthiness
Ancestry of “flightworthiness”, step by step
flightworthiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flightworthy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flightworthy | Safe enough to fly |
| 2 | English | flight | The act of flying; An instance of flying; The act... |
| 3 | Middle English | flight | flight (act of flying) |
| 4 | Old English | flyht | flight |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *fluhtī | act of flying, flight |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *fluhtiją | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | flehtaną | to plait, to weave |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |
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 |