Where does “unquenchableness” come from?
unquenchableness (English) comes from English unquenchable, from English quenchable, from English quench, from Middle English quenchen, from Old English cwenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwankijan, from Proto-Germanic kwankijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
unquenchableness (English): The quality of being unquenchable
Definitions
- The quality of being unquenchable
Ancestry of “unquenchableness”, step by step
unquenchableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unquenchable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unquenchable | That cannot be quenched |
| 2 | English | quenchable | Able to be quenched |
| 3 | English | quench | To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative... |
| 4 | Middle English | quenchen | To quench; To spray or douse with water or... |
| 5 | Old English | cwenċan | to extinguish, quench |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *kwankijan | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kwankijaną | to cause to go out, extinguish |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 |