Where does “breezefly” come from?
breezefly (English) comes from English fly, from Middle English flien, from Old English flēogan, from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic -andz, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt — sound, voice.
breezefly (English): The horsefly or gadfly
Definitions
- The horsefly or gadfly
Ancestry of “breezefly”, step by step
breezefly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fly | Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by... |
| 2 | Middle English | flien | To fly; to travel in the air; To move in the sky;... |
| 3 | Old English | flēogan | to fly |
| 4 | Old English | -ende | equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *-andī | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 8 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 11 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 12 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 13 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via English breeze
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | breeze | A light, gentle wind; Any activity that is easy,... |
| 2 | Spanish | brisa | breeze |
| 3 | Old Spanish | briza | — |
| 4 | French | brise | breeze; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 5 | French | briser | To break; snap; To become broken; snap |
| 6 | Middle French | briser | — |
| 7 | Old French | brisier | to break (cause damage to), bust |
| 8 | Frankish | bristan | to break to pieces, split, shatter; to break,... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | brestaną | to burst, break, sunder, split, crack |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰres‑ | to burst; break; crack; crackle |