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Where does “stormfulness” come from?

stormfulness (English) comes from English stormful, from English storm, from Middle English storm, from Old English storm, from Proto-West Germanic *sturm, from Proto-Germanic sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)twer- — to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around; to turn...

stormfulness (English): The quality of being stormful

Definitions

  1. The quality of being stormful

Ancestry of “stormfulness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstormfulAbounding with storms; stormy
2EnglishstormAny disturbed state of the atmosphere, especially...
3Middle EnglishstormA storm; an instance of intense wind and...
4Old Englishstormstorm
5Proto-West Germanic*sturm—
6Proto-Germanicsturmazstorm
7Proto-Indo-European(s)twer-to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around; to turn...
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