Where does “green jay” come from?
green jay (English) comes from English Jay, from English jy, from English I, from Old French i, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e) — resin.
green jay (English): A species of New World jay, found in Central America, Mexico, and South Texas
Definitions
- A species of New World jay, found in Central America, Mexico, and South Texas
Ancestry of “green jay”, step by step
green jay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Jay
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Jay | from, a nickname for a chatty or showy person |
| 2 | English | jy | The name of the Latin-script letter J |
| 3 | English | I | The speaker or writer, referred to as the... |
| 4 | Old French | i | there |
| 5 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 6 | Latin | heic | — |
| 7 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |