Where does “woundlessness” come from?
woundlessness (English) comes from English woundless, from English wound, from German wunden, from Old English wundian, from Proto-Germanic wundōną, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
woundlessness (English): Absence of a wound
Definitions
- Absence of a wound
Ancestry of “woundlessness”, step by step
woundlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English woundless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | woundless | Lacking wounds; Unable to be wounded;... |
| 2 | English | wound | An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body |
| 3 | German | wunden | — |
| 4 | Old English | wundian | to wound or injure |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wundōną | to wound |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 |