Where does “daydreamy” come from?
daydreamy (English) comes from English daydream, from English dream, from Middle English drem, from Old Frisian drēma, from Proto-West Germanic *draumijan, from Proto-Germanic draumijaną, from Proto-Germanic draumaz, from Proto-Germanic draugmaz — to support; to hold.
daydreamy (English): Inclined to daydream; idealistic or...
Definitions
- Inclined to daydream; idealistic or...
Ancestry of “daydreamy”, step by step
daydreamy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English daydream
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | daydream | A spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts... |
| 2 | English | dream | Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping;... |
| 3 | Middle English | drem | music; voice, conversing; joy, mirthfulness |
| 4 | Old Frisian | drēma | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *draumijan | to dream |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | draumijaną | to dream |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | draumaz | dream |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | draugmaz | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰrowgʰ-mos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰrewgʰ- | to deceive, to mislead; to serve one's tribe;... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |
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 | — |