Where does “sinlessness” come from?
Sinlessness is derived from Middle English -nesse, Old English -nes, and Proto-Germanic -inassuz, ultimately from Proto-Germanic -inōną meaning to make or cause.
sinlessness (English): The state or condition of being sinless
Definitions
- The state or condition of being sinless
Ancestry of “sinlessness”, step by step
sinlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sinless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sinless | Without sin; never having sinned |
| 2 | Middle English | synneles | sinless lacking sin, innocent |
| 3 | Old English | synlēas | without sin; sinless |
| 4 | Old English | synn | sin |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | sunnju | responsibility; care; concern; worry; anxiety |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sunjō | truth, sooth; denial, protest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁s-ónt-ih₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁sónts | active participle of *h₁ésti; being, existence;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |
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 |