Where does “haulmy” come from?
haulmy (English) comes 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, from Japanese 目.
haulmy (English): Characterised by having haulms
Definitions
- Characterised by having haulms
Ancestry of “haulmy”, step by step
haulmy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |
via English haulm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | haulm | The stems of various cultivated plants, left... |
| 2 | Middle English | halm | Alternative form of helm; The stalks remaining... |
| 3 | Old English | healm | the stalk of a plant or grass; straw; hay;... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | helmaz | helmet |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | halmaz | halm; stem; stalk; straw; hay |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱolh₂mos | stalk |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₂- | to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab |