Where does “gnarliness” come from?
gnarliness (English) comes from English gnarly, from English gnarl, from English gnarled, from English knurled, from English knurl, from Middle English knarre, from German knarren — to creak.
gnarliness (English): The quality of being gnarly
Definitions
- The quality of being gnarly
Ancestry of “gnarliness”, step by step
gnarliness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gnarly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gnarly | Having or characterized by gnarls; gnarled;... |
| 2 | English | gnarl | A knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a... |
| 3 | English | gnarled | Knotty and misshapen; Made rough by age or hard... |
| 4 | English | knurled | simple past tense and past participle of knurl |
| 5 | English | knurl | A contorted knot in wood; A crossgrained... |
| 6 | Middle English | knarre | knot in wood; a crag; twisted rock; knot in wood |
| 7 | German | knarren | to creak |
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 |