Where does “flystrike” come from?
flystrike (English) comes 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, from Hungarian önt — sound, voice.
flystrike (English): Myiasis
Definitions
- Myiasis
Ancestry of “flystrike”, step by step
flystrike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fly | Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by... |
| 2 | Middle English | flien | To fly; to travel in the air; To move in the sky;... |
| 3 | Old English | flēogan | to fly |
| 4 | Old English | -ende | equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *-andī | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 8 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 11 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 12 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 13 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via English strike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | strike | To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate;... |
| 2 | Middle English | stryken | to strike |
| 3 | Old English | strīcan | to stroke, pass lightly over the surface, smooth,... |
| 4 | Frankish | strīkan | to move or pass one thing over another, strike;... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | strīkaną | to stroke, to rub |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | streyg- | to strike; to shear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |