Where does “hangdoggy” come from?
hangdoggy (English) comes from English hangdog, from English dog, from English dogshit, from English shit, from Middle Dutch schite, from Old Dutch skīta, from Old Saxon skiti, from Proto-Germanic skītaz — to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...
Ancestry of “hangdoggy”, step by step
hangdoggy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hangdog
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hangdog | A base, degraded person; Low; sneaking; ashamed |
| 2 | English | dog | A mammal, "Canis familiaris" or "Canis lupus... |
| 3 | English | dogshit | Dog excrement; Something disgusting, abominable,... |
| 4 | English | shit | Solid excretory product evacuated from the... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | schite | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | skīta | — |
| 7 | Old Saxon | skiti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | skītaz | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱeyd- | to shade; to cut off; to part with, separate, cut... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |