Where does “tidelessness” come from?
tidelessness (English) comes from English tideless, from English tide, from Middle English tyde, from Old English tīd, from Proto-Germanic tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European déh₂itis, from Proto-Indo-European deh₂y-, from Proto-Indo-European deh₂- — to share, divide.
tidelessness (English): Absence of tides
Ancestry of “tidelessness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | tideless | Without tides; nontidal |
| 2 | English | tide | The periodic change of the sea level,... |
| 3 | Middle English | tyde | — |
| 4 | Old English | tīd | time, period, season; period, season, time;... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tīdiz | time; period, interval |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₂itis | interval, period of time |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂y- | to share, divide |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |