Where does “Thackerayan” come from?

Thackerayan (English) comes from English ān, from Middle English ān, from Old English ān, from Proto-West Germanic ain, from Proto-Germanic ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

Thackerayan (English): Of or pertaining to William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863), English novelist and satirist

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863), English novelist and satirist

Ancestry of “Thackerayan”, step by step

Thackerayan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ān

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishān—
2Middle Englishāna, an indefinite article
3Old Englishānlonely; entirely alone, solitary, single; one
4Proto-West Germanicainone
5Proto-Germanicainazone; some
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via English Thackeray

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishThackeray—
2Marathiठाकरे—
3Sanskritठक्कुरidol, deity
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →