Where does “gnarley” come from?
gnarley (English) comes from English ey, from English they, from English the'e, from English there, from Old English þær, from Proto-West Germanic þār, from Proto-Germanic þar, from Proto-Indo-European tar- — this; that.
Ancestry of “gnarley”, step by step
gnarley traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ey
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ey | An egg; An island; 1975 August 23, Black, Judie,... |
| 2 | English | they | A group of people, animals, plants, or objects... |
| 3 | English | the'e | Pronunciation spelling of there |
| 4 | English | there | In a place or location at some distance from the... |
| 5 | Old English | þær | there |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | þār | there |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | þar | there, in that place |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tar- | there |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
via English gnarl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gnarl | A knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a... |
| 2 | English | gnarled | Knotty and misshapen; Made rough by age or hard... |
| 3 | English | knurled | simple past tense and past participle of knurl |
| 4 | English | knurl | A contorted knot in wood; A crossgrained... |
| 5 | Middle English | knarre | knot in wood; a crag; twisted rock; knot in wood |
| 6 | German | knarren | to creak |