Where does “withdrawingness” come from?
withdrawingness (English) comes from English withdrawing, from English withdraw, from Middle English withdrawen, from Middle English drawen, from Old English draġan, from Proto-West Germanic dragan, from Proto-Germanic draganą, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵ- — pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide.
withdrawingness (English): The quality of being withdrawing; a tendency to draw back
Definitions
- The quality of being withdrawing; a tendency to draw back
Ancestry of “withdrawingness”, step by step
withdrawingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English withdrawing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | withdrawing | present participle of withdraw; withdrawal |
| 2 | English | withdraw | To pull back, aside, or away; To stop talking... |
| 3 | Middle English | withdrawen | to draw away, draw back |
| 4 | Middle English | drawen | To pull, move or draw away; To draw, push, or... |
| 5 | Old English | draġan | to draw, drag |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | dragan | to haul, to carry |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | draganą | to draw, to pull, to carry |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreǵ- | pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |