Where does “spokiness” come from?
spokiness (English) comes from English spoky, from English spoke, from Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic spaikō — spoke.
spokiness (English): The state or condition of being spoky
Definitions
- The state or condition of being spoky
Ancestry of “spokiness”, step by step
spokiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English spoky
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spoky | Of a roll of film: incorrectly wound, resulting in humps that appear as radial lines |
| 2 | English | spoke | A support structure that connects the axle or the... |
| 3 | Middle English | spoke | A spoke; A sharp spike or projection on the edge... |
| 4 | Old English | spāca | spoke |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *spaikā | spoke |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | spaikō | spoke |
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 |