Where does “Irishy” come from?
Irishy (English) comes from English Irish, from Middle English Irisce, from Old English Īras, from Old Norse Írar, from Old Irish Ériu, from Primitive Irish *Īweriū, from Proto-Celtic Φīweryū, from Proto-Indo-European piHweryon- — fat, milk.
Irishy (English): Characteristic of the Irish, Irishlike
Definitions
- Characteristic of the Irish, Irishlike
Ancestry of “Irishy”, step by step
Irishy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Irish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Irish | The Goidelic language indigenous to Ireland, also... |
| 2 | Middle English | Irisce | — |
| 3 | Old English | Īras | Irishmen |
| 4 | Old Norse | Írar | Irishmen |
| 5 | Old Irish | Ériu | Ireland |
| 6 | Primitive Irish | *Īweriū | — |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | Φīweryū | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | piHweryon- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peyH- | fat, milk |
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 | — |