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Where does “jarring” come from?

jarring (English) comes from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum, from Proto-Celtic dūnom — smoke; mist, haze.

jarring (English): That jars ; incongruous, conflictful; Storage in...

Definitions

  1. That jars ; incongruous, conflictful; Storage in...

Ancestry of “jarring”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ingUsed to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,...
2Old English-ingForming nouns from verbs, indicating action,...
3Old English-tūn—
4Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
5Proto-West Germanictūnfence
6Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
7Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
8Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “jarring”

  • jarringly
  • bonejarring
  • unjarring
  • jarringness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →