Where does “haunty” come from?
haunty (English) comes from English haunt, from Middle English haunten, from Old French hanter, from Old English hāmettan, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic haim, from Proto-Germanic haimaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóymos — to be lying down; to settle.
haunty (English): ghostly
Definitions
- ghostly
Ancestry of “haunty”, step by step
haunty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English haunt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | haunt | To inhabit, or visit frequently; To make uneasy,... |
| 2 | Middle English | haunten | to reside, inhabit, use, employ |
| 3 | Old French | hanter | to frequent, abide in one place; to frequent... |
| 4 | Old English | hāmettan | to bring home; provide a home for; house; to... |
| 5 | Old English | hām | home; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | haim | home |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |
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 | — |