Where does “noisemaking” come from?
noisemaking (English) comes from English making, 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 — smoke; mist, haze.
noisemaking (English): The production of noise
Definitions
- The production of noise
Ancestry of “noisemaking”, step by step
noisemaking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English making
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | making | The act of forming, causing, or constituting;... |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English noise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | noise | Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant;... |
| 2 | Middle English | noyse | A sound auditory sensation |
| 3 | Old French | noise | dispute, argument; noise, sound |
| 4 | Latin | nausea | nausea; seasickness; second-person singular... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ναυσία | nausea, seasickness |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ναῦς | a ship |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂us | boat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)neh₂- | to swim; to float |