Where does “honeymoony” come from?
honeymoony (English) comes from English honeymoon, from English honey, from Middle English hony, from Old English huniġ, from Proto-West Germanic hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunagą, from Proto-Germanic hunangą, from Proto-Indo-European kn̥h₂onk-o-s — honey.
honeymoony (English): Resembling or characteristic of a honeymoon
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a honeymoon
Ancestry of “honeymoony”, step by step
honeymoony traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English honeymoon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | honeymoon | The period of time immediately following a... |
| 2 | English | honey | A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar... |
| 3 | Middle English | hony | Honey; Nectar; the secretion of flowers;... |
| 4 | Old English | huniġ | honey |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hunag | honey |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *hunagą | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hunangą | Alternative form of *hunagą |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kn̥h₂onk-o-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kn̥h₂ónks | honey |
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 | — |