Where does “battleskies” come from?
battleskies (English) comes from English skies, from English sky, from Middle English sky, from Old Norse ský, from Proto-Germanic skiwją, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.
battleskies (English): The portions of airspace in which a military conflict is taking place
Definitions
- The portions of airspace in which a military conflict is taking place
Ancestry of “battleskies”, step by step
battleskies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English skies
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | skies | plural of sky; plural of skie; Third-person... |
| 2 | English | sky | The atmosphere above a given point, especially as... |
| 3 | Middle English | sky | The atmosphere or sky; that which lies above the... |
| 4 | Old Norse | ský | cloud |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skiwją | cloud; sky |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewH- | to cover, bedeck; cover |
via English Battle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Battle | from places in England that have been sites of a battle |
| 2 | Middle English | batel | Alternative form of batayle; flourishing |
| 3 | Old English | batol | improving, tending to be good |
| 4 | Old English | batian | to fatten, to get fatter; to improve, to get... |
| 5 | Old English | -ol | Used to form suffixes denoting inclination or... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ulaz | Forms adjectives from verbs meaning "doing" or... |