Where does “highwrought” come from?
highwrought (English) comes from English wrought, from Middle English worchen, from Old English wyrċan, from Proto-West Germanic *wurkijan, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European wr̥ǵyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
highwrought (English): Highly excited; overwrought; worked up
Definitions
- Highly excited; overwrought; worked up
Ancestry of “highwrought”, step by step
highwrought traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English wrought
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wrought | Having been worked or prepared somehow; simple... |
| 2 | Middle English | worchen | To perform or accomplish: to carry out |
| 3 | Old English | wyrċan | to make; to work |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *wurkijan | to work |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *wurkijaną | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wr̥ǵyéti | to be working, to be at work |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English high
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | high | Elevated, extending above a base or average... |
| 2 | Middle English | heigh | high; Alternative form of hey; Alternative form... |
| 3 | Old English | hēah | high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime,... |
| 4 | Old English | hām | home; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | haim | home |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |