Where does “sealskinned” come from?
sealskinned (English) comes from English ED, from Japanese エンディング, from English ending, from Middle English ending, from Middle English endyng, from Old English endung, from Old English endian, from Proto-Germanic andijōną — on, onto.
sealskinned (English): Dressed in a sealskin
Definitions
- Dressed in a sealskin
Ancestry of “sealskinned”, step by step
sealskinned traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ED
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ED | Initialism of erectile dysfunction; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Japanese | エンディング | ending, especially of a broadcast or performance |
| 3 | English | ending | A termination or conclusion; The last part of... |
| 4 | Middle English | ending | Alternative form of endyng |
| 5 | Middle English | endyng | An ending, termination, or conclusion;... |
| 6 | Old English | endung | ending |
| 7 | Old English | endian | to end, make an end of; to finish, complete; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | andijōną | to end, bring to an end, finish |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via English sealskin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sealskin | A type of fabric made from the skin of seals; Any... |
| 2 | English | seal | A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal |
| 3 | Middle English | sel | Good fortune, prosperity, luck |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | sëel | — |
| 5 | Latin | sigillum | figurine, statuette; seal |
| 6 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |