Where does “clickily” come from?
clickily (English) comes from English clicky, from English click, from Middle English cleken, from Middle English clechen, from Old English clēċan, from Old English clyċċan, from Proto-Germanic klukjaną, from Proto-Germanic klu- — to swallow; swallow.
clickily (English): In a clicky manner; with clicking sounds
Definitions
- In a clicky manner; with clicking sounds
Ancestry of “clickily”, step by step
clickily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English clicky
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | clicky | Easily or frequently clicking or being clicked;... |
| 2 | English | click | A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively... |
| 3 | Middle English | cleken | to seize, clutch; to hatch |
| 4 | Middle English | clechen | to grab |
| 5 | Old English | clēċan | — |
| 6 | Old English | clyċċan | to clutch, clench |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | klukjaną | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | klu- | to ball up, conglomerate, amass |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | glew- | Alternative form of *gley-; to amass,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵel- | to swallow; swallow |