Where does “dashing” come from?
Dashing derives from Middle English -ing, Danish daske, Old English -ung, and Proto-Germanic -ungō, tracing a path through Germanic languages whose exact original sense remains unclear.
dashing (English): Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits;...
Definitions
- Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits;...
Ancestry of “dashing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | dasshyng | A strike with a weapon; The sound of a wheel... |
| 2 | Middle English | daschen | To hit with a weapon and cause damage; to land a... |
| 3 | Danish | daske | to slap, strike |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | dàska | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | dъska | board, plank |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | diskuz | table; dish; bowl |
| 7 | Latin | discus | a discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | diskō | learn |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | dikskō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | di-dḱ-ské-ti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | deḱ- | take; perceive |
Words derived from “dashing”