Where does “cuddy” come from?
Cuddy comes from Dutch kajuit, from Middle Low German kajüte, from Middle Dutch kayhute, of uncertain ultimate origin.
cuddy (English): A cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after...
Definitions
- A cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after...
Ancestry of “cuddy”, step by step
cuddy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Buddy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Buddy | A male nickname |
| 2 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |