Where does “geysery” come from?
geysery (English) comes from English geyser, from Icelandic Geysir, from Icelandic geysa, from Old Norse geysa, from Proto-Germanic gausijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
geysery (English): Like a geyser
Definitions
- Like a geyser
Ancestry of “geysery”, step by step
geysery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English geyser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | geyser | A boiling natural spring which throws forth at... |
| 2 | Icelandic | Geysir | Gusher |
| 3 | Icelandic | geysa | to gush; to rush |
| 4 | Old Norse | geysa | to gush |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gausijaną | to make erupt |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 | — |