Where does “quackishness” come from?
quackishness (English) comes from English quackish, from English quack, from English quacksalver, from Dutch quacksalver, from Middle Dutch quacsalven, from Middle Dutch salve, from Old Dutch salva, from Proto-West Germanic salbu — fat, oil.
quackishness (English): The state or condition of being quackish
Definitions
- The state or condition of being quackish
Ancestry of “quackishness”, step by step
quackishness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quackish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quackish | Like a quack (fraudulent doctor), or characteristic of quackery |
| 2 | English | quack | The sound made by a duck; To make a noise like a... |
| 3 | English | quacksalver | One falsely claiming to possess medical or other... |
| 4 | Dutch | quacksalver | a hawker of salve |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | quacsalven | — |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | salve | ointment, salve |
| 7 | Old Dutch | salva | salve, ointment |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | salbu | salve, ointment |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | salbō | salve, ointment |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | solp-éh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | selp- | fat, oil |
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 |