Where does “leatheriness” come from?
leatheriness (English) comes from English leathery, from English leather, from English stocking, from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn — smoke; mist, haze.
leatheriness (English): The quality of being leathery
Definitions
- The quality of being leathery
Ancestry of “leatheriness”, step by step
leatheriness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English leathery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | leathery | Having the consistency, feel, or texture of... |
| 2 | English | leather | A tough material produced from the skin of... |
| 3 | English | stocking | A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on... |
| 4 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 5 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 6 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 7 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 10 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 11 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |