Where does “breamlike” come from?
breamlike (English) comes from English like, from Dutch luik, from Middle Dutch luke, from Dutch luiken, from Middle Dutch luken, from Old Dutch lūcan, from Proto-West Germanic lūkan, from Proto-Germanic lūkaną — to break, tear; to break, shatter.
breamlike (English): Resembling or characteristic of bream
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of bream
Ancestry of “breamlike”, step by step
breamlike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English like
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | like | To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;... |
| 2 | Dutch | luik | hatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | luke | — |
| 4 | Dutch | luiken | to close, to shut |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | luken | to close, to shut; to close, to become closed |
| 6 | Old Dutch | lūcan | to close, shut |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | lūkan | to close, to shut |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lūkaną | to close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |
via English bream
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bream | A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the... |
| 2 | Middle English | breme | stormy, tempestuous, fierce |
| 3 | Old English | brēme | famous, glorious, noble |
| 4 | Finnish | bromi | bromine |
| 5 | French | bromé | past participle of bromer; brominated |
| 6 | New Latin | Bromus | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βρόμος | oat; wild oat, slender oat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrem- | to make noise |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰer- | to bear, carry |