Where does “Quirkian” come from?
Quirkian (English) comes from English ian, from Irish Eoin, from Old Irish Iohain, from Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης, from Hebrew יוחנן, from Hebrew חנון, from Moroccan Arabic خنونة.
Quirkian (English): Of or relating to Randolph Quirk (1920–2017), British linguist who championed a descriptive approach toward English grammar
Definitions
- Of or relating to Randolph Quirk (1920–2017), British linguist who championed a descriptive approach toward English grammar
Ancestry of “Quirkian”, step by step
Quirkian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ian | — |
| 2 | Irish | Eoin | John any of several people in the Bible |
| 3 | Old Irish | Iohain | John apostle |
| 4 | Latin | Iōannēs | John biblical persons |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἰωάννης | — |
| 6 | Hebrew | יוחנן | Yahweh is gracious |
| 7 | Hebrew | חנון | gracious, merciful, compassionate; passive... |
| 8 | Moroccan Arabic | خنونة | mucus, snot |
| 9 | Arabic | خُنَّة | — |
via English Quirk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Quirk | An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone |
| 2 | English | querk | To throttle; choke; stifle; suffocate; To grunt;... |
| 3 | Middle English | querken | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | kvirkja | to strangle |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kwirkijaną | to strangle |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kwerkō | throat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷerh₃- | to swallow, devour, eat |