Where does “slatiness” come from?
slatiness (English) comes from English slaty, from English slate, from English sclate, from Old French esclate, from Old French esclater, from Frankish slaitan, from Proto-Germanic slaitijaną, from Proto-Germanic slītaną.
slatiness (English): The state or quality of being slaty
Definitions
- The state or quality of being slaty
Ancestry of “slatiness”, step by step
slatiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English slaty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | slaty | Resembling the mineral slate |
| 2 | English | slate | A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock... |
| 3 | English | sclate | Obsolete form of slate |
| 4 | Old French | esclate | — |
| 5 | Old French | esclater | to separate from, sunder out |
| 6 | Frankish | slaitan | to split, break |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | slaitijaną | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | slītaną | to tear apart |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sleyd- | — |
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 |