Where does “Baldilocks” come from?
Baldilocks (English) comes from English Goldilocks, from English goldy, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
Baldilocks (English): Nickname for a bald person
Definitions
- Nickname for a bald person
Ancestry of “Baldilocks”, step by step
Baldilocks traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Goldilocks
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Goldilocks | A golden-haired young girl, featuring as the protagonist of a traditional fairy tale, who inquisitively enters the house of three bears and tries their three bowls of porridge, three chairs and three beds, in each case finding only one that suits her |
| 2 | English | goldy | golden |
| 3 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |