Where does “elm sawfly” come from?
elm sawfly (English) comes from English sawfly, from English fly, from Middle English flien, from Old English flēogan, from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic -andz, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts — sound, voice.
elm sawfly (English): Cimbex americanus, a species of large sawfly found in North America
Definitions
- Cimbex americanus, a species of large sawfly found in North America
Ancestry of “elm sawfly”, step by step
elm sawfly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sawfly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sawfly | Any of various flying insects of the suborder... |
| 2 | English | fly | Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by... |
| 3 | Middle English | flien | To fly; to travel in the air; To move in the sky;... |
| 4 | Old English | flēogan | to fly |
| 5 | Old English | -ende | equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *-andī | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 9 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 12 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 13 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 14 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via English elm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | elm | A tree of the genus "Ulmus" of the family... |
| 2 | Middle English | elme | — |
| 3 | Old English | elm | elm tree |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *elm | elm tree |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | elmaz | elm tree; wood from an elm tree |
| 6 | Persian | الماس | diamond |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀδάμας | adamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |