Where does “seething” come from?
Seething comes from Old English -ing (suffix forming gerunds and present participles) from Proto-Indo-European h₂sewt-, meaning to boil or seethe.
seething (English): boiling, bubbling; angry, livid; The action of...
Definitions
- boiling, bubbling; angry, livid; The action of...
Ancestry of “seething”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | sethyng | Boiling or heating; the process of warming,... |
| 2 | Middle English | sethen | To boil or seethe; to heat a fluid; To cook or... |
| 3 | Old English | sēoþan | to boil, seethe; to seethe, boil, cook in a... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | seuþan | to seethe, to boil |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | seuþaną | to seethe; boil |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂sewt- | to roil; to move about, roil, seethe |