Where does “fleamy” come from?
fleamy (English) comes from English fleam, from Middle English fleme, from Old English flīema, from Old English flīeman, from Old English flēam, from Norwegian Nynorsk flaum, from Middle High German phlūme, from Old High German phlūma — to fly, flow, run.
fleamy (English): bloody; clotted
Definitions
- bloody; clotted
Ancestry of “fleamy”, step by step
fleamy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fleam
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fleam | A sharp instrument used to open a vein, to lance... |
| 2 | Middle English | fleme | Alternative form of flewme |
| 3 | Old English | flīema | fugitive, exile, outlaw |
| 4 | Old English | flīeman | to put to flight, drive away, banish |
| 5 | Old English | flēam | fleeing; flight; rush; flight |
| 6 | Norwegian Nynorsk | flaum | flood |
| 7 | Middle High German | phlūme | — |
| 8 | Old High German | phlūma | — |
| 9 | Latin | plūma | feather, plume |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | plouksmā | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | plúnksneh₂ | feather |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | plú-n-k- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
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 | — |