Where does “gig-mill” come from?
gig-mill (English) comes from English gig, from Middle English gig, from English fise, from English fist, from Middle English fist, from Old English fȳst, from Proto-West Germanic fūsti, from Proto-Germanic funstiz — five.
gig-mill (English): A machine used to bring up a nap on certain types...
Definitions
- A machine used to bring up a nap on certain types...
Ancestry of “gig-mill”, step by step
gig-mill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gig | A performing engagement by a musical group; or,... |
| 2 | Middle English | gig | a frivolous woman |
| 3 | English | fise | An instance of flatulence |
| 4 | English | fist | A hand with the fingers clenched or curled... |
| 5 | Middle English | fist | fist |
| 6 | Old English | fȳst | fist |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | fūsti | fist |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | funstiz | fist |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pnsti- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pnksti- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |
via English Mill
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Mill | John Stuart Mill, English libertarian and utilitarian philosopher |
| 2 | English | million | The cardinal number 1,000,000: 10; a thousand... |
| 3 | Middle English | milioun | The cardinal number 1 000 000: 106; a thousand thousand |
| 4 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 5 | Old French | millon | — |
| 6 | Italian | milione | million |
| 7 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 8 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |