feyness

feyness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English fey
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English feyness

    From fey + -ness.

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -eɪnəs

    Noun

    feyness (countable and uncountable, plural feynesses)

    1. The state of being fey.
    2. (Shetland, folklore, countable) A ghost resembling a living person, seeing which is an omen of that person's death.
      Synonym: swarth

    Translations

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