Where does “teeming” come from?
Teeming comes from Middle English temen, Old English tēman, Proto-Germanic tamjaną, and Proto-Indo-European demh₂-, which carried the sense of building or constructing.
teeming (English): present participle of teem; Abundantly filled...
Definitions
- present participle of teem; Abundantly filled...
Ancestry of “teeming”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | teem | To be stocked to overflowing; To be prolific; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | temen | To bear young, to produce children; To give... |
| 3 | Old Norse | tœma | to empty |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tōmijaną | to empty |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |