Where does “belyingly” come from?
belyingly (English) comes from English belying, from English belie, from Middle English belyen, from Old English belicgan, from Old English be-, from Old English hrōpan, from Proto-West Germanic hrōpan, from Proto-Germanic hrōpaną — army.
belyingly (English): So as to belie
Definitions
- So as to belie
Ancestry of “belyingly”, step by step
belyingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English belying
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | belying | present participle of belie |
| 2 | English | belie | To lie around; encompass; To surround; beleaguer;... |
| 3 | Middle English | belyen | — |
| 4 | Old English | belicgan | to lie by or about, beleaguer, encompass, beset |
| 5 | Old English | be- | a productive prefix usually used to form verbs... |
| 6 | Old English | hrōpan | to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl; to cry... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | hrōpan | to cry out, to call, to shout |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |