Where does “beardie-weirdie” come from?
beardie-weirdie (English) comes from English weirdie, from English weird, from Middle English werde, from Old English wyrd, from Old Persian wurdi, from Proto-Germanic wurdiz, from Proto-Indo-European wrti-, from Proto-Indo-European wert- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
beardie-weirdie (English): A man having a beard and long hair, stereotypically associated with being eccentric or intellectual or holding radical political views
Definitions
- A man having a beard and long hair, stereotypically associated with being eccentric or intellectual or holding radical political views
Ancestry of “beardie-weirdie”, step by step
beardie-weirdie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English weirdie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | weirdie | Someone or something weird |
| 2 | English | weird | Having an unusually strange character or... |
| 3 | Middle English | werde | Destiny, fate; the force that determines events |
| 4 | Old English | wyrd | fate, destiny; the Fates; event, occurrence |
| 5 | Old Persian | wurdi | flower |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wurdiz | fate, destiny |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wrti- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |