Where does “arse-licking” come from?
arse-licking (English) comes from English licking, from English lick, from German leute, from Middle High German liute, from Old High German liuti, from Proto-West Germanic *liud(i), from Proto-Germanic liudīz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁léwdʰis — to grow; people.
arse-licking (English): Sycophancy; Anilingus
Definitions
- Sycophancy; Anilingus
Ancestry of “arse-licking”, step by step
arse-licking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English licking
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | licking | An act of licking; A severe beating; A great loss... |
| 2 | English | lick | The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue; The... |
| 3 | German | leute | people several individual persons, a group of people in general, esp. of one kind or another, folk (folks), peeps slang, guys (boys and/or girls) |
| 4 | Middle High German | liute | — |
| 5 | Old High German | liuti | people, subordinates |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *liud(i) | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | liudīz | man, person |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁léwdʰis | people |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁lewdʰ- | to grow; people |
via English arse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | arse | The buttocks or more specifically, the anus; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | ars | arse, anus; bottom, buttocks; plural of art |
| 3 | Old French | arz | — |
| 4 | Latin | artes | second-person singular present active subjunctive... |
| 5 | Latin | ars | art; skill, craft, handicraft, trade, power |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | artis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂értis | fitting |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |