Where does “unquenchably” come from?
unquenchably (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.
unquenchably (English): In a manner that cannot be quenched
Definitions
- In a manner that cannot be quenched
Ancestry of “unquenchably”, step by step
unquenchably 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 |