Where does “unswooning” come from?
unswooning (English) comes from English swooning, from English swoon, from Middle Low German swan, from Old Saxon swan, from Proto-West Germanic swan, from Proto-Germanic swanaz, from Proto-Indo-European swenh₂- — to sound.
unswooning (English): Not swooning
Definitions
- Not swooning
Ancestry of “unswooning”, step by step
unswooning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English swooning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | swooning | present participle of swoon; A swoon or faint |
| 2 | English | swoon | A faint; An infatuation; To faint, to lose... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | swan | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | swan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | swan | swan |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | swanaz | swan |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swenh₂- | to sound |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |