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Where does “ǣmettiġ” come from?

ǣmettiġ (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds-, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

ǣmettiġ (Old English): vacant, empty, free, idle, unmarried

Definitions

  1. vacant, empty, free, idle, unmarried

Ancestry of “ǣmettiġ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
2Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
4Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “ǣmettiġ”

  • empty
  • emptiness
  • nonempty
  • emptier
  • emptyhanded
  • emptily
  • nonemptiness
  • emptieth
  • unemptiable
  • emptyish
  • emptiable
  • emptyhandedness
  • empty-headed
  • non-empty
  • emptying
  • overempty
  • empty-handedness
  • emptyhandedly
  • amty
  • emty
  • ǣmtiġ
  • ēmtiġ
  • emti
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