Where does “goldsmithy” come from?
goldsmithy (English) comes from English Smithy, from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢.
goldsmithy (English): The smithy of a goldsmith
Definitions
- The smithy of a goldsmith
Ancestry of “goldsmithy”, step by step
goldsmithy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Smithy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Smithy | A nickname of the surname Smith |
| 2 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 3 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 4 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 5 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 6 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 7 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 8 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 9 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 10 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |