Where does “unbendableness” come from?
unbendableness (English) comes from English unbendable, from English bendable, from English bend, from Middle English benden, from Old English bendan, from Proto-West Germanic bandijan, from Proto-Germanic bandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.
unbendableness (English): The quality of being unbendable
Definitions
- The quality of being unbendable
Ancestry of “unbendableness”, step by step
unbendableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unbendable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unbendable | not bendable |
| 2 | English | bendable | Able to be bent or flexed or twisted without... |
| 3 | English | bend | To cause to change its shape into a curve, by... |
| 4 | Middle English | benden | — |
| 5 | Old English | bendan | to bind; to bend a bow |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | bandijan | to bind |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bandijaną | To bind, fetter, restrain; stretch; To bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰendʰ- | to bind; bond |
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 |