Where does “hardworkingness” come from?
hardworkingness (English) comes from English hardworking, from English working, from Middle English werking, from Old English wyrċing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn — smoke; mist, haze.
hardworkingness (English): The state of being hardworking
Definitions
- The state of being hardworking
Ancestry of “hardworkingness”, step by step
hardworkingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hardworking
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hardworking | Of a person, taking their work seriously and... |
| 2 | English | working | Operation; action; Method of operation; The... |
| 3 | Middle English | werking | — |
| 4 | Old English | wyrċing | working, doing |
| 5 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 6 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 7 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 10 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 11 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
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 |