Where does “heavenish” come from?
heavenish (English) comes from Middle English hevenish, from Old English heofonisċ, from Old English -isċ, from Proto-West Germanic -isk, from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.
heavenish (English): Pertaining to or characteristic of the sidereal...
Definitions
- Pertaining to or characteristic of the sidereal...
Ancestry of “heavenish”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | hevenish | — |
| 2 | Old English | heofonisċ | heavenly |
| 3 | Old English | -isċ | -ish |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |