Where does “hintline” come from?
hintline (English) comes from English hint, from Middle English hinten, from Middle English henten, from Old English hentan, from Proto-West Germanic *hantijan, from Proto-Germanic hantijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
hintline (English): A telephone service that provides, usually for a fee, hints on how to proceed if one is stuck in a specific online game
Definitions
- A telephone service that provides, usually for a fee, hints on how to proceed if one is stuck in a specific online game
Ancestry of “hintline”, step by step
hintline traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hint
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hint | A clue; A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct... |
| 2 | Middle English | hinten | — |
| 3 | Middle English | henten | to lay hold of, catch |
| 4 | Old English | hentan | to pursue; follow after; to seize; take; carry... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *hantijan | to pursue, follow |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hantijaną | to fit; to pursue, follow |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English line
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | line | A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight |
| 2 | Middle English | line | rope, cord; line, rule, ruler, measure; rule,... |
| 3 | Old English | līne | line, rope, cord; line, cable, rope, hawser,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *līnā | line, chord, rope, string |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | līnǭ | that which is made of flax; line, chord, rope,... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līną | flax |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | līno- | flax |