Where does “grandchildlessness” come from?
grandchildlessness (English) comes from English grandchildless, from English grandchild, from English Child, from Middle English childen, from Middle English -en, from Old English -en, from Old Norse -inn, from Proto-Norse -īna- — adjectival suffix.
grandchildlessness (English): Absence of grandchildren
Definitions
- Absence of grandchildren
Ancestry of “grandchildlessness”, step by step
grandchildlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English grandchildless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grandchildless | Without a grandchild |
| 2 | English | grandchild | A child of someone's child |
| 3 | English | Child | Alternative letter-case form of child "often used... |
| 4 | Middle English | childen | To deliver a child; to beget or procreate; To... |
| 5 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 6 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 7 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 8 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
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 |