Where does “barkingly” come from?

barkingly (English) comes from English barking, from Middle English berkyng, from Middle English berken, from Old English beorcan, from Proto-West Germanic *berkan — to bark.

barkingly (English): With barking sounds

Definitions

  1. With barking sounds

Ancestry of “barkingly”, step by step

barkingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English barking

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishbarkingpresent participle of bark; Who or that barks or...
2Middle EnglishberkyngBarking; Insulting or rude words
3Middle EnglishberkenTo bark; To grumble or whine; to utter complaints...
4Old Englishbeorcanto bark
5Proto-West Germanic*berkanto bark

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *berkan →Every word from Old English beorcan →Every word from Middle English berken →
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