Where does “ravendom” come from?
ravendom (English) comes from English Raven, from Middle English raven, from Old English hræfn, from Proto-West Germanic hrabn, from Proto-Germanic hrabnaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.
ravendom (English): The world or sphere of ravens
Definitions
- The world or sphere of ravens
Ancestry of “ravendom”, step by step
ravendom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Raven
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Raven | for a girl with raven hair, used since the 1970s |
| 2 | Middle English | raven | to wander; to rave; talk like a madman |
| 3 | Old English | hræfn | raven |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hrabn | raven |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hrabnaz | raven |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English DOM
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | DOM | Initialism of date of marriage; Initialism of... |
| 2 | English | dominance | The state of being dominant; of prime importance;... |
| 3 | English | -ance | Added to an adjective or verb to form a noun... |
| 4 | Middle English | -aunce | Forms nouns indicating states or processes, usually from verbs or other nouns; -ance |
| 5 | Old French | -ance | ance (suffix used to form nouns) |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |