Where does “umlautlessness” come from?
umlautlessness (English) comes from English umlautless, from English umlaut, from German umlaut, from German Laut, from Middle High German lūt, from Old High German lūt, from Proto-West Germanic hlūd, from Proto-Germanic hlūdaz — to cover; to incline.
umlautlessness (English): The fact or state of not exhibiting any signs of...
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- The fact or state of not exhibiting any signs of...
Ancestry of “umlautlessness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | umlautless | Not exhibiting or marked by the phonological... |
| 2 | English | umlaut | An assimilatory process whereby a vowel is... |
| 3 | German | umlaut | — |
| 4 | German | Laut | sound; noise |
| 5 | Middle High German | lūt | — |
| 6 | Old High German | lūt | loud |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | hlūd | loud; sound |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hlūdaz | loud; famous |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱlewtos | heard, famous |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱlew- | to hear |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |