ness

ness · noun¹

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*nasją“promontory; ness”
2. Old English · inherited fromnæs
3. Middle English · inherited fromnesse
4. English todayness

From Middle English nesse (in placenames), from Old English næs, from Proto-Germanic *nasją (“promontory; ness”); cognate with Middle Low German nes, Icelandic nes, Swedish näs, Danish næs, Old Norse nes. Related to nose.

Ness · proper noun²

Named after the River Ness, of Proto-Brythonic/Pictish origin, from a Proto-Celtic word *Nesta describing great currents, according to MacBain, from the same Proto-Indo-European root that gave the river Νέστος (Néstos), possibly *ned- (“water”) (cf. German nass (“wet”)).

Words from the same roots