Where does “speakingness” come from?
speakingness (English) comes from English speaking, from Middle English speking, from Norwegian Bokmål -ing, from Old Norse -ing, from Proto-Germanic -ingō — -ing.
speakingness (English): Expressiveness; eloquence
Definitions
- Expressiveness; eloquence
Ancestry of “speakingness”, step by step
speakingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English speaking
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | speaking | Used in speaking; Expressive; eloquent; Involving... |
| 2 | Middle English | speking | — |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | -ing | Used to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing; Used... |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ing | Forms gerund nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ingō | -ing |
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 |