Where does “babymajs” come from?

babymajs (Danish) comes from Danish baby, from English baby, from Middle English baby, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

babymajs (Danish): Baby corn; indefinite plural of babymajs

Definitions

  1. Baby corn; indefinite plural of babymajs

Ancestry of “babymajs”, step by step

babymajs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish baby

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishbabyA baby, an infant; An attractive young female
2EnglishbabyA very young human, particularly from birth to a...
3Middle EnglishbabyA child or baby
4Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
5Old English-iġ-y, -ic
6Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
7Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
8Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Danish majs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmajscorn
2Spanishmaízcorn, maize
3Taínomahís
4Proto-Arawakanmarikɨ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱosEvery word from Old English -iġEvery word from Middle English -y