Where does “gankable” come from?
gankable (English) comes from English gank, from English kill, from Middle English killen, from Old English cwellan, from Proto-West Germanic kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic kwaljaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
gankable (English): Able to be ganked
Definitions
- Able to be ganked
Ancestry of “gankable”, step by step
gankable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gank
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gank | To swindle; To steal; To kill much weaker players... |
| 2 | English | kill | To put to death; to extinguish the life of; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | killen | — |
| 4 | Old English | cwellan | to kill; to slay |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kwalljan | to make suffer, to hurt |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kwaljaną | to make suffer, to hurt |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |