Where does “adlay” come from?
adlay (English) comes from English lad, from Middle English ladde, from Old Norse ladd — hose, woolen stocking; sock; hose, woolen...
adlay (English): an eshay
Ancestry of “adlay”, step by step
adlay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | lad | A boy or young man; A Jack the lad; a boyo; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | ladde | A servant or hireling; A male commoner; a man... |
| 3 | Old Norse | ladd | hose, woolen stocking; sock; hose, woolen... |
via Cebuano adlay
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | adlay | Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi) |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *zəlay | — |