Where does “grue jay” come from?
grue jay (English) comes from English green jay, from English Jay, from English jy, from English I, from Old French i, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic — whale, sea monster; abyss.
grue jay (English): The hybrid offspring of the green jay and blue jay
Definitions
- The hybrid offspring of the green jay and blue jay
Ancestry of “grue jay”, step by step
grue jay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English green jay
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | green jay | A species of New World jay, found in Central America, Mexico, and South Texas |
| 2 | English | Jay | from, a nickname for a chatty or showy person |
| 3 | English | jy | The name of the Latin-script letter J |
| 4 | English | I | The speaker or writer, referred to as the... |
| 5 | Old French | i | there |
| 6 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 7 | Latin | heic | — |
| 8 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 14 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via English blue jay
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | blue jay | Any of species Cyanocitta cristata of North American jays with blue feathering from the top of its head to midway down its back |