Where does “sunlighting” come from?
sunlighting (English) comes from English lighting, 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.
sunlighting (English): The amount of illumination provided by sunlight
Definitions
- The amount of illumination provided by sunlight
Ancestry of “sunlighting”, step by step
sunlighting traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English lighting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lighting | The equipment used to provide illumination; the... |
| 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 Sun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Sun | Abbreviation of Sunday |
| 2 | Middle English | sunne | Alternative form of sonne; sun |
| 3 | Old English | sunne | sun |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | sunnā | sun |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sunnǭ | the sun |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sh̥₂uén | sun; the Sun |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sóh₂wl̥ | sun |
via English sunlight
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sunlight | All the electromagnetic radiation given off by... |
| 2 | Middle English | sonnelight | — |
| 3 | Old English | sunnan lēoht | sunlight |