Where does “foistiness” come from?
foistiness (English) comes from English foisty, from English foist, from Dutch vuisten, from Dutch en, from Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch endi, from Proto-West Germanic andī, from Proto-Germanic andijaz — on, onto.
foistiness (English): fustiness; mustiness
Definitions
- fustiness; mustiness
Ancestry of “foistiness”, step by step
foistiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English foisty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | foisty | mouldy, musty, fusty |
| 2 | English | foist | To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without... |
| 3 | Dutch | vuisten | To fist-fuck |
| 4 | Dutch | en | and; well, so; plus, and |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | ende | and; end |
| 6 | Old Dutch | endi | end |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | andī | end |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
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 |