Where does “dashy” come from?
dashy (English) comes from English dash, from Middle English daschen, from Danish daske, from Serbo-Croatian dàska, from Proto-Slavic dъska, from Proto-Germanic diskuz, from Latin discus, from Proto-Italic diskō — take; perceive.
dashy (English): Calculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously...
Definitions
- Calculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously...
Ancestry of “dashy”, step by step
dashy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dash
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dash | Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar) |
| 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 | board, plank |
| 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 |
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 | — |