Where does “winglessly” come from?
winglessly (English) comes from English wingless, from English wing, from English woman, from Middle English womman, from Old English wīfmann, from Old English mann, from Proto-West Germanic mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
winglessly (English): Without wings
Definitions
- Without wings
Ancestry of “winglessly”, step by step
winglessly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English wingless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wingless | Having no, or only rudimentary, wings |
| 2 | English | wing | An appendage of an animal's body that enables it... |
| 3 | English | woman | An adult female human; All female humans... |
| 4 | Middle English | womman | An female adult person; a woman; The female sex... |
| 5 | Old English | wīfmann | woman; female servant; woman |
| 6 | Old English | mann | person; man meaning mankind; man meaning adult... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | mann | person, human |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *mann- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |