Where does “hairyfish” come from?
hairyfish (English) comes from English hairy, from English haircut, from English Hair, from Middle English hēr, from Old English hēr, from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic hē₂r, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
hairyfish (English): Mirapinna esau, a fish in the family Cetomimidae...
Definitions
- Mirapinna esau, a fish in the family Cetomimidae...
Ancestry of “hairyfish”, step by step
hairyfish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hairy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hairy | Of a person, having a lot of hair on the body; Of... |
| 2 | English | haircut | The act of cutting of the hair, often done... |
| 3 | English | Hair | A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals |
| 4 | Middle English | hēr | a hair |
| 5 | Old English | hēr | at this place |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *hēr | here |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hē₂r | here, in this place |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English Fish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Fish | The constellation and zodiacal sign Pisces |
| 2 | French | fiche | card; plug; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | French | ficher | to plug in; to drive something in by its point,... |
| 4 | Old French | fichier | to pierce |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *fīgicāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | fīgō | to fasten, fix |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | feigʷō | to insert; to fasten |