Where does “blynx” come from?
blynx (English) comes from English bobcat, from English Cat, from English concatenate, from Latin concatenatus, from Latin concateno, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
blynx (English): The hybrid offspring of a bobcat and a Canada...
Definitions
- The hybrid offspring of a bobcat and a Canada...
Ancestry of “blynx”, step by step
blynx traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bobcat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bobcat | A North American wild cat, "Lynx rufus", having... |
| 2 | English | Cat | A piece of heavy machinery, such as a backhoe, of... |
| 3 | English | concatenate | To join or link together, as though in a chain;... |
| 4 | Latin | concatenatus | which is to be linked or bound together or connected |
| 5 | Latin | concateno | concatenate; link or chain together |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English Lynx
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Lynx | A faint spring constellation of the northern sky. It lies north of the constellation Cancer |
| 2 | Middle English | lynx | lynx |
| 3 | Latin | lynx | A lynx |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λύγξ | lynx; hiccup |
| 5 | Latin | canadensis | Canadian |
| 6 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 7 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 8 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 9 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |