Where does “shrinkingly” come from?
shrinkingly (English) comes from English shrinking, from English -ing, 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.
shrinkingly (English): In a shrinking manner; as if shrinking away
Definitions
- In a shrinking manner; as if shrinking away
Ancestry of “shrinkingly”, step by step
shrinkingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English shrinking
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shrinking | present participle of shrink; The act of one who,... |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 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 |