Where does “breadcrumby” come from?
breadcrumby (English) comes from English breadcrumb, from English bread, from Middle English bred, from Old English bred, from Old English -en, from Old Norse -inn, from Proto-Norse -īna-, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz — adjectival suffix.
breadcrumby (English): Resembling breadcrumbs, especially in texture;...
Definitions
- Resembling breadcrumbs, especially in texture;...
Ancestry of “breadcrumby”, step by step
breadcrumby traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English breadcrumb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | breadcrumb | A tiny piece of bread, either one that falls from... |
| 2 | English | bread | A foodstuff made by baking dough made from... |
| 3 | Middle English | bred | bread, pastry; food, nourishment |
| 4 | Old English | bred | surface; plank, board; table, tablet |
| 5 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 6 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 7 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
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 | — |