Where does “unhairiness” come from?
unhairiness (English) comes from English unhairy, from English hairy, from English haircut, from English Hair, from Middle English hēr, from Old English hēr, from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic hē₂r — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
unhairiness (English): The quality of not being hairy
Definitions
- The quality of not being hairy
Ancestry of “unhairiness”, step by step
unhairiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unhairy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unhairy | Not hairy |
| 2 | English | hairy | Of a person, having a lot of hair on the body; Of... |
| 3 | English | haircut | The act of cutting of the hair, often done... |
| 4 | English | Hair | A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals |
| 5 | Middle English | hēr | a hair |
| 6 | Old English | hēr | at this place |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *hēr | here |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hē₂r | here, in this place |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
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 |