Where does “hoardy” come from?
hoardy (English) comes from English hoard, from Middle English hord, from Old French hourd, from Dutch horde, from Middle Dutch horde, from Frankish hurd, from English herd, from Dutch hert — to burn; to praise; to burn; fire, heat.
hoardy (English): Tending to hoard; grasping
Definitions
- Tending to hoard; grasping
Ancestry of “hoardy”, step by step
hoardy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hoard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hoard | A hidden supply or fund; A cache of valuable... |
| 2 | Middle English | hord | A hoard or cache of hidden valuables; A location... |
| 3 | Old French | hourd | — |
| 4 | Dutch | horde | A horde; A troop of boy scouts, comprising no... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | horde | braided latticework |
| 6 | Frankish | hurd | — |
| 7 | English | herd | A number of domestic animals assembled together... |
| 8 | Dutch | hert | A deer, a ruminant of the family Cervidae; may... |
| 9 | Middle Dutch | hert | deer; hearth, fireplace |
| 10 | Old Dutch | herth | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | herþ | hearth, fireplace |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | herþaz | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kérh₃-to-s | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kerh₃- | to burn; to praise; to burn; fire, heat |
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 | — |