Where does “channery” come from?
channery (English) comes from English channer, from English Chan, from English Channel, from English chainwale, from English wale, from Middle English wāle, from Old English wealh, from Old English īeġ — water.
channery (English): Containing channers
Definitions
- Containing channers
Ancestry of “channery”, step by step
channery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English channer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | channer | A flat fragment of sandstone, slate, etc. found... |
| 2 | English | Chan | Zen Buddhism |
| 3 | English | Channel | The hollow bed of running waters; also the bed of the sea or other body of water |
| 4 | English | chainwale | Obsolete spelling of channel |
| 5 | English | wale | A ridge or low barrier; A raised rib in knit... |
| 6 | Middle English | wāle | An outsider; a guest; one from an unfamiliar land |
| 7 | Old English | wealh | foreigner; Briton or Welshman; slave |
| 8 | Old English | īeġ | island |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | auwju | floodplain; meadow; island |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | awjō | floodplain; meadow; island |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | agwjō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ékʷeh₂ | water |
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 | — |