Where does “roadlessness” come from?
roadlessness (English) comes from English roadless, from English road, from Middle English rode, from Old English rād, from Proto-West Germanic raidu, from Proto-Germanic raidō, from Proto-Germanic rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
roadlessness (English): The state or quality of being roadless
Definitions
- The state or quality of being roadless
Ancestry of “roadlessness”, step by step
roadlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English roadless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | roadless | Lacking roads |
| 2 | English | road | A way used for travelling between places,... |
| 3 | Middle English | rode | A cross or gibbet; The cross of Christ; The cross... |
| 4 | Old English | rād | road; riding, hostile incursion; riding, road |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | raidu | riding, ride |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | raidō | ride, journey; name of the R-rune |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
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 |