English
hidness
Hidness comes from Old English ġehȳdnes ‘comfort, security’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150ġehȳdnes‘comfort, security’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hidnes
- Englishtodayhidness
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150ġehȳdnes‘comfort, security’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hidnes
- Englishtodayhidness
Formed from hide + -ness
Proto-Germanic *huzdą ‘treasure, hoard’
Proto-Germanic *huzdijaną ‘to hoard’
Proto-West Germanic *huʀdijan ‘to conceal’
Old English hȳdan ‘to hide’
Middle English hiden ‘to conceal’
English hide
Every English word from Old English ġehȳdnes
Today it means
noun Secrecy; hiddenness.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English ġehȳdnes / hidness