Where does “Dunky” come from?
Dunky (English) comes from English duncan, from Irish Ó Duinnchinn, from Irish ceann, from Middle Irish cenn, from Old Irish cenn, from Proto-Celtic Kʷennowindos, from Proto-Celtic windos, from Proto-Indo-European windo- — to see.
Dunky (English): Suitable for dunking; dunkable
Definitions
- Suitable for dunking; dunkable
Ancestry of “Dunky”, step by step
Dunky traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English duncan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | duncan | anglicized from; the name of two early saints and of two kings of Scotland |
| 2 | Irish | Ó Duinnchinn | — |
| 3 | Irish | ceann | head; head of cabbage, capitulum; end, extremity |
| 4 | Middle Irish | cenn | head; end |
| 5 | Old Irish | cenn | head; end |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | Kʷennowindos | white-headed, white-faced |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | windos | white |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | windo- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |
via English dunk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dunk | To submerge briefly in a liquid; To set down... |
| 2 | Pennsylvania German | dunke | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | dunken | — |
| 4 | Old High German | dunkōn | to dip, submerge, dunk |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | þunkōn | to wet, moisten; to immerse |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þunkōną | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |