Where does “wettingly” come from?

wettingly (English) comes from English wetting, from English wet, from Middle English wet, from Middle English weten, from Old English wǣtan, from Proto-Germanic wētijaną, from Indo-European *wed-.

wettingly (English): In a wetting manner

Definitions

  1. In a wetting manner

Ancestry of “wettingly”, step by step

wettingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English wetting

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishwettingpresent participle of wet; The act of making...
2EnglishwetMade up of liquid or moisture, usually water; Of...
3Middle Englishwetwet, watery; wet, rainy; liquid, fluid
4Middle Englishwetento wet
5Old Englishwǣtanto wet, moisten, water
6Proto-Germanicwētijanąto wet; make wet
7Indo-European*wed-

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Indo-European *wed-
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