Where does “elmy” come from?
elmy (English) comes from English elm, from Middle English elme, from Old English elm, from Proto-West Germanic *elm, from Proto-Germanic elmaz, from Persian الماس, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας, from Ancient Greek ἀ- — together, one.
elmy (English): Pertaining to elm trees; in which elms grow
Definitions
- Pertaining to elm trees; in which elms grow
Ancestry of “elmy”, step by step
elmy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
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 | — |