Where does “ghastlily” come from?
ghastlily (English) comes from English ghastly, from English gastly, from Middle English gastly, from Middle English gasten, from Old English gǣstan, from Proto-West Germanic *gaistijan, from Proto-Germanic gaistijaną.
ghastlily (English): In a ghastly manner
Ancestry of “ghastlily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | ghastly | Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale;... |
| 2 | English | gastly | — |
| 3 | Middle English | gastly | — |
| 4 | Middle English | gasten | to terrify |
| 5 | Old English | gǣstan | to gast, frighten, afflict, torment; to torment,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *gaistijan | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gaistijaną | — |