Where does “chickenboner” come from?

chickenboner (English) comes from English Chicken, from English -en, from Middle English -en, from Old English -en, from Old Norse -inn, from Proto-Norse -īna-, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos — adjectival suffix.

chickenboner (English): A small-time spammer

Definitions

  1. A small-time spammer

Ancestry of “chickenboner”, step by step

chickenboner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Chicken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishChickenA domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus domesticus)
2English-enDenotes the past participle form when attached to...
3Middle English-enDenotes the past participle form when attached to...
4Old English-enmæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;...
5Old Norse-innUsed to create adjectives from nouns, meaning...
6Proto-Norse-īna-
7Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
8Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
9Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via English Bône

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBônenow known as Annaba
2Middle Englishbonbone
3Old Englishbānbone, tusk; the bone of a limb
4Arabicبانto separate, to become distinct, to sunder; to be...
5Ottoman Turkishبانban; keeper, tender, ward; ben tree, horseradish...
6Ottoman Turkishباڭ
7Persianبنگhashish, narcotic made from "Cannabis sativa";...
8Middle Persian𐭡𐭭𐭢henbane
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no-
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