Where does “unheedingly” come from?
unheedingly (English) comes from English unheeding, from English heeding, from English heed, from Middle English hēden, from Old English hēdan, from Old Norse héðan, from Old Norse hér, from Proto-Germanic hē₂r — resin, gum; to say, speak.
unheedingly (English): Without heeding
Ancestry of “unheedingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | unheeding | Showing disregard |
| 2 | English | heeding | present participle of heed |
| 3 | English | heed | Careful attention; To guard, protect; To mind; to... |
| 4 | Middle English | hēden | — |
| 5 | Old English | hēdan | to heed, take care, observe, attend, guard, take... |
| 6 | Old Norse | héðan | hence |
| 7 | Old Norse | hér | 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 | — |
| 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 |