Where does “slaphappiness” come from?
slaphappiness (English) comes from English slaphappy, from English happy, from Middle English happy, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
slaphappiness (English): Condition of being slaphappy
Definitions
- Condition of being slaphappy
Ancestry of “slaphappiness”, step by step
slaphappiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English slaphappy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | slaphappy | Incoherent from being struck; punch drunk; In a... |
| 2 | English | happy | Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of... |
| 3 | Middle English | happy | fortunate, happy |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
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 |