Where does “huddlement” come from?

huddlement (English) comes from English Huddle, from Middle English hudelen, from Middle English huderen, from Middle English hoderen, from Middle English huden, from Old English hȳdan, from Proto-Germanic hūdijaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewdʰ- — to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...

huddlement (English): A condition or situation of being huddled together

Definitions

  1. A condition or situation of being huddled together

Ancestry of “huddlement”, step by step

huddlement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Huddle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHuddleA dense and disorderly crowd
2Middle Englishhudelen
3Middle Englishhuderen
4Middle Englishhoderento cover; press together; huddle
5Middle Englishhuden
6Old Englishhȳdanto hide, conceal, preserve; to conceal; hide
7Proto-Germanichūdijanąto hide, conceal
8Proto-Indo-European(s)kewdʰ-to cover, encase; to hide, conceal; to cover,...
9Proto-Indo-European(s)kew-to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...

via English ment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmentsimple past tense and past participle of meng;...
2Korean멘트
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew-
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