Where does “bulrushy” come from?
bulrushy (English) comes from English bulrush, from Middle English bulrish, from Middle English bule, from Old English bula, from Old Norse boli, from Proto-Germanic bulô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰl̥no-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
bulrushy (English): Resembling a bulrush; Covered in bulrushes
Definitions
- Resembling a bulrush; Covered in bulrushes
Ancestry of “bulrushy”, step by step
bulrushy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bulrush
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bulrush | Any of several wetland plants, mostly in the... |
| 2 | Middle English | bulrish | — |
| 3 | Middle English | bule | boil, tumor; bull |
| 4 | Old English | bula | bull, steer |
| 5 | Old Norse | boli | bull |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bulô | bull |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰl̥no- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
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 | — |