Where does “Thanksgivingy” come from?
Thanksgivingy (English) comes from English Thanksgiving, from English giving, from English give, from English foregive, from English fore-, from English Fore, from German Fahr, from German Fähre — passed , crossed.
Thanksgivingy (English): Resembling or characteristic of Thanksgiving
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of Thanksgiving
Ancestry of “Thanksgivingy”, step by step
Thanksgivingy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Thanksgiving
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Thanksgiving | Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada, and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States |
| 2 | English | giving | present participle of give; having the tendency... |
| 3 | English | give | To move, shift, provide something abstract or... |
| 4 | English | foregive | To give ahead of time; give in advance |
| 5 | English | fore- | Positioned at or near the front; Before; ahead or... |
| 6 | English | Fore | A people of Papua New Guinea |
| 7 | German | Fahr | — |
| 8 | German | Fähre | ferry |
| 9 | Middle High German | verren | — |
| 10 | Old High German | ferrana | from afar |
| 11 | Old High German | ferro | afar; skipper |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | *ferrō | — |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | ferrai | far, distant |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | per-nóy | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
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 | — |