Where does “unsinfulness” come from?
unsinfulness (English) comes from English unsinful, from English sinful, from Middle English synful, from Old English synful, from Old English synn, from Proto-West Germanic sunnju, from Proto-Germanic sunjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁s-ónt-ih₂ — to be.
unsinfulness (English): Absence of sin
Definitions
- Absence of sin
Ancestry of “unsinfulness”, step by step
unsinfulness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unsinful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unsinful | Not sinful |
| 2 | English | sinful | constituting a sin; being morally or religiously... |
| 3 | Middle English | synful | Sinful; having sinned, guilty of sin |
| 4 | Old English | synful | sinful; a sinner |
| 5 | Old English | synn | sin |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | sunnju | responsibility; care; concern; worry; anxiety |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sunjō | truth, sooth; denial, protest |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁s-ónt-ih₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁sónts | active participle of *h₁ésti; being, existence;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |
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 |