Where does “tearlessness” come from?
tearlessness (English) comes from English tearless, from English tear, from Middle English tear, from Old English teagor, from Proto-West Germanic tah(h)r, from Proto-Germanic tahrą, from Proto-Indo-European dáḱru-, from Proto-Indo-European dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- — eye bitter.
tearlessness (English): Absence of tears; lack of weeping
Definitions
- Absence of tears; lack of weeping
Ancestry of “tearlessness”, step by step
tearlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tearless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tearless | Without tears |
| 2 | English | tear | To rend by holding or restraining in two places... |
| 3 | Middle English | tear | Alternative form of tere |
| 4 | Old English | teagor | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | tah(h)r | tear |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tahrą | tear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dáḱru- | tears; tear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- | eye bitter |
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 |