Where does “vowelling” come from?
vowelling (English) comes from English vowel, from Old French vouel, from Old French voyeul, from Latin vōcālis, from Latin vōx, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
vowelling (English): An arrangement of vowels, for example in Semitic...
Definitions
- An arrangement of vowels, for example in Semitic...
Ancestry of “vowelling”, step by step
vowelling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vowel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vowel | A sound produced by the vocal cords with... |
| 2 | Old French | vouel | Alternative form of voyeul |
| 3 | Old French | voyeul | vowel |
| 4 | Latin | vōcālis | uttering a voice, having a voice; speaking, sounding, sonorous, speaking, crying, singing, melodious; vocal |
| 5 | Latin | vōx | voice |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wōks | voice |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wṓkʷs | voice, speech |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |