Where does “Adlock” come from?

Adlock (English) comes from English Adler, from German adler, from Middle High German adler, from Middle High German ar, from Old High German aro, from Latin arō, from Proto-Italic araō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éryeti — earth.

Adlock (English): The ship of characters Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler from the television series Sherlock

Definitions

  1. The ship of characters Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler from the television series Sherlock

Ancestry of “Adlock”, step by step

Adlock traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Adler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAdler
2Germanadlereagle
3Middle High Germanadler
4Middle High Germanareagle
5Old High Germanaroeagle
6Latinarōto plough, till; to cultivate land, farm; to acquire by tillage
7Proto-Italicaraōto plough
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éryetito be ploughing
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂erh₃-to plough
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

via English Sherlock

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSherlockTo deduce; To search; To obsolete a unique...
2Old Englishscir-lockbright-lock
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er-
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