Where does “mornings” come from?
Mornings derives from Middle English morwenyng, formed from Middle English morwe with the suffix Middle English -ing, ultimately from Proto-Germanic -ungō.
mornings (English): plural of morning
Ancestry of “mornings”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | morgna | to dawn; accusative plural of morginn; genitive... |
| 2 | Old Norse | -a | indicates negation; does not; Creates... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “mornings”