Where does “dirgy” come from?
dirgy (English) comes from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目.
dirgy (English): Like a dirge; funereal
Definitions
- Like a dirge; funereal
Ancestry of “dirgy”, step by step
dirgy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |
via English dirge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dirge | A mournful poem or piece of music composed or... |
| 2 | Middle English | dirige | The portion of a Christian remembrance service... |
| 3 | Latin | dirige | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 4 | Latin | dirigo | I lay straight; arrange in lines; I direct,... |
| 5 | Latin | rego | I rule, govern; I guide, steer; I oversee, manage |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |