Where does “barnyardy” come from?
barnyardy (English) comes from English barnyard, from English barn, from Middle English barn, from Old English bearn, from Old English bereærn, from Old English bere, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn — smoke; mist, haze.
barnyardy (English): Resembling or characteristic of a barnyard
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a barnyard
Ancestry of “barnyardy”, step by step
barnyardy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English barnyard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | barnyard | The yard associated with or surrounding a barn |
| 2 | English | barn | A building, often found on a farm, used for... |
| 3 | Middle English | barn | A member of one's immediate offspring or progeny;... |
| 4 | Old English | bearn | child; first/third-person singular preterite of... |
| 5 | Old English | bereærn | barn, granary |
| 6 | Old English | bere | barley; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 7 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 10 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 11 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
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 | — |