Where does “bollocky” come from?
bollocky (English) comes from English bollock, from Middle English ballok, from Old English bealluc, from Old English beall, from English beal, from Old English hyll, from Albanian hulli, from Proto-Germanic hulliz — to rise, to be tall; hill.
bollocky (English): bollock naked; completely naked
Definitions
- bollock naked; completely naked
Ancestry of “bollocky”, step by step
bollocky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bollock
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bollock | A testicle; To reprimand severely and grossly; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | ballok | testicle |
| 3 | Old English | bealluc | testicle |
| 4 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 5 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 6 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 7 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |
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 | — |