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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

  1. Pertaining to or characteristic of the sidereal...

Ancestry of “heavenish”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhevenish—
2Old Englishheofonisċheavenly
3Old English-isċ-ish
4Proto-West Germanic-iskCreates adjectives from nouns
5Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
6Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to
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