Where does “boomslang” come from?
boomslang (English) comes from Afrikaans boomslang, from Dutch boomslang, from Dutch Slang, from English slang, from English sling, from English spiderling, from English Ling, from Middle English ling — light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...
boomslang (English): A highly venomous snake found in sub-Saharan...
Definitions
- A highly venomous snake found in sub-Saharan...
Ancestry of “boomslang”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Afrikaans | boomslang | — |
| 2 | Dutch | boomslang | A boomslang |
| 3 | Dutch | Slang | — |
| 4 | English | slang | Language outside of conventional usage and in the... |
| 5 | English | sling | To throw with a circular or arcing motion; To... |
| 6 | English | spiderling | An immature spider; Any of various herbaceous... |
| 7 | English | Ling | — |
| 8 | Middle English | ling | — |
| 9 | Old Norse | lyng | heather, ling |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | lingwą | heather, ling |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | lengʷʰom | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | lengʷʰ- | light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,... |