Where does “unflinchingly” come from?
Unflinchingly derives from English flinching, English flinch, English flense, Danish flense, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European ano- and Proto-Indo-European ne.
unflinchingly (English): Without showing fear or indecision; resolutely
Definitions
- Without showing fear or indecision; resolutely
Ancestry of “unflinchingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unflinching | Without flinching; staying committed despite any... |
| 2 | English | Un- | not |
| 3 | English | still | Not moving; calm; Not effervescing; not... |
| 4 | Old English | stillan | become calm, abate, subside; calm, pacify,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | stillijan | to make still, quiet |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |