Where does โ€œraylessnessโ€ come from?

raylessness (English) comes from English rayless, from English Ray, from Middle English rayen, from English array, from Middle English arrayen, from Anglo-Norman arraier, from Latin arrฤ“dล, from Gothic ๐Œฒ๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œฐ๐Œน๐Œธ๐ƒ โ€” whale, sea monster; abyss.

raylessness (English): Utter darkness, without any ray of light; The...

Definitions

  1. Utter darkness, without any ray of light; The...

Ancestry of โ€œraylessnessโ€, step by step

raylessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English rayless

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishraylessLacking rays; Lightless, gloomy; Lacking florets
2EnglishRayalso used as a formal given name
3Middle Englishrayenโ€”
4EnglisharrayClothing and ornamentation; A collection laid out...
5Middle Englisharrayenโ€”
6Anglo-Normanarraierโ€”
7Latinarrฤ“dลTo advise
8Gothic๐Œฒ๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œฐ๐Œน๐Œธ๐ƒappointed, ordained
9Proto-Germanicgaraidazready, arranged, prepared
10Proto-Germanicga-Indicates association or togetherness; co-;...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanแธฑรณmbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanแธฑeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkytโ€”
14Russianะบะธั‚whale; genitive plural of ะบะธฬั‚ะฐ
15Old Church Slavonicะบะธั‚ัŠwhale
16Ancient Greekฮบแฟ†ฯ„ฮฟฯ‚whale, sea monster; abyss

via English Ness

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNessAn Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sรกlbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa
2Middle Englishnesseโ€”
3Old Englishnรฆsnot, not at all; not; first/third-person singular...
4Proto-Germanicnasjฤ…foothill; headland; cape
5Proto-Indo-Europeannรฉhโ‚‚snose
Every word from Ancient Greek ฮบแฟ†ฯ„ฮฟฯ‚ โ†’Every word from Old Church Slavonic ะบะธั‚ัŠ โ†’Every word from Russian ะบะธั‚ โ†’