Where does “unspeakingness” come from?
unspeakingness (English) comes from English unspeaking, from English unspeak, from English Un-, from English still, from Old English stillan, from Proto-West Germanic stillijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
unspeakingness (English): The quality of not speaking
Definitions
- The quality of not speaking
Ancestry of “unspeakingness”, step by step
unspeakingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unspeaking
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unspeaking | Silent, not talking; Mute, unable to speak for... |
| 2 | English | unspeak | To retract what one has spoken, to unsay |
| 3 | English | Un- | not |
| 4 | English | still | Not moving; calm; Not effervescing; not... |
| 5 | Old English | stillan | become calm, abate, subside; calm, pacify,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | stillijan | to make still, quiet |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 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 |