Where does “strifelessness” come from?
strifelessness (English) comes from English strifeless, from English strife, from Middle English strif, from Old French estrif, from Old French estriver, from Frankish strīban, from Proto-Germanic strībaną, from Proto-Indo-European streybʰ- — sterile, infertile.
strifelessness (English): Absence of strife
Definitions
- Absence of strife
Ancestry of “strifelessness”, step by step
strifelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English strifeless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | strifeless | Free from strife |
| 2 | English | strife | Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work; Exertion... |
| 3 | Middle English | strif | conflict; dispute |
| 4 | Old French | estrif | quarrel; dispute |
| 5 | Old French | estriver | to compete; to argue; to dispute; to get into an... |
| 6 | Frankish | strīban | to exert, to make an effort |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | strībaną | to be stiff; stiffen; to exert; make an effort |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | streybʰ- | to be stiff |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
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 |