Where does “strifemaking” come from?
strifemaking (English) comes from English making, from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum — smoke; mist, haze.
strifemaking (English): The causing of strife or conflict
Definitions
- The causing of strife or conflict
Ancestry of “strifemaking”, step by step
strifemaking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English making
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | making | The act of forming, causing, or constituting;... |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English strife
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | strife | Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work; Exertion... |
| 2 | Middle English | strif | conflict; dispute |
| 3 | Old French | estrif | quarrel; dispute |
| 4 | Old French | estriver | to compete; to argue; to dispute; to get into an... |
| 5 | Frankish | strīban | to exert, to make an effort |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | strībaną | to be stiff; stiffen; to exert; make an effort |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | streybʰ- | to be stiff |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |