Where does “roughishness” come from?
roughishness (English) comes from English roughish, from English rough, from English ruff, from German Ruf, from Middle High German ruof, from Old High German ruof, from Old High German ruofan, from Proto-West Germanic hrōpan — army.
roughishness (English): Slight roughness
Definitions
- Slight roughness
Ancestry of “roughishness”, step by step
roughishness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English roughish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | roughish | Somewhat rough |
| 2 | English | rough | Not smooth; uneven; Approximate; hasty or... |
| 3 | English | ruff | A circular frill or ruffle on a garment,... |
| 4 | German | Ruf | call; reputation |
| 5 | Middle High German | ruof | — |
| 6 | Old High German | ruof | — |
| 7 | Old High German | ruofan | to call |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | hrōpan | to cry out, to call, to shout |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
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 |