Where does “huggly” come from?
huggly (English) comes from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目.
huggly (English): Tending to huggle; tending to hug and snuggle simultaneously
Definitions
- Tending to huggle; tending to hug and snuggle simultaneously
Ancestry of “huggly”, step by step
huggly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |
via English huggle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | huggle | To hug and snuggle simultaneously: gesture of... |
| 2 | English | hug | A close embrace, especially when charged with... |
| 3 | English | hugge | to embrace, clasp with the arms |
| 4 | Old Norse | hugga | to comfort, console |
| 5 | Old Norse | hugr | thought |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hugiz | mind, thought, sense, understanding |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱk-í-s ~ ḱk-éy-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱek- | to be able, capable |