Where does “roadmending” come from?
roadmending (English) comes from English mending, from English pending, 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.
roadmending (English): The repairing of roads
Ancestry of “roadmending”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | mending | present participle of mend; The act by which... |
| 2 | English | pending | present participle of pend; Awaiting a conclusion... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | — |
| 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 |