Where does “stormlessness” come from?
stormlessness (English) comes from English stormless, 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...
stormlessness (English): Absence of storms; calm
Ancestry of “stormlessness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | stormless | Without a storm or stormy weather |
| 2 | English | storm | Any disturbed state of the atmosphere, especially... |
| 3 | Middle English | storm | A storm; an instance of intense wind and... |
| 4 | Old English | storm | storm |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sturm | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sturmaz | storm |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)twer- | to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around; to turn... |