Where does “hayey” come from?

hayey (English) comes from English ey, from English they, from English the'e, from English there, from Old English þær, from Proto-West Germanic þār, from Proto-Germanic þar, from Proto-Indo-European tar- — this; that.

hayey (English): Resembling or smelling or tasting like hay

Definitions

  1. Resembling or smelling or tasting like hay

Ancestry of “hayey”, step by step

hayey traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ey

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisheyAn egg; An island; 1975 August 23, Black, Judie,...
2EnglishtheyA group of people, animals, plants, or objects...
3Englishthe'ePronunciation spelling of there
4EnglishthereIn a place or location at some distance from the...
5Old Englishþærthere
6Proto-West Germanicþārthere
7Proto-Germanicþarthere, in that place
8Proto-Indo-Europeantar-there
9Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
10Proto-Indo-Europeanthis; that

via English hay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhayGrass cut and dried for use as animal fodder; Any...
2Middle EnglishhayAlternative form of haye; Alternative form of...
3Old Englishhey
4Proto-West Germanic*hiʀ
5Proto-Germanichīznominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Proto-Indo-European to-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tar-
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