Where does “unthrowable” come from?
unthrowable (English) comes from English throwable, from English throw, from Middle English throwen, from Old English þrāwan, from Proto-West Germanic þrāan, from Proto-Germanic þrēaną, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
unthrowable (English): That cannot be thrown
Definitions
- That cannot be thrown
Ancestry of “unthrowable”, step by step
unthrowable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English throwable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | throwable | Capable of being thrown; Capable of being thrown... |
| 2 | English | throw | To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly... |
| 3 | Middle English | throwen | to throw |
| 4 | Old English | þrāwan | to turn, twist, wind; to turn, twist, curl, rack,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | þrāan | to twist |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þrēaną | to twist, to turn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |