Where does “kidly” come from?

kidly (English) comes from English kid, from Middle English kide, from Old Norse kið, from Proto-Germanic kidją, from Proto-Indo-European gidʰ- — kid, goatling, little goat.

kidly (English): Of, pertaining to, like, or resembling a kid or...

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, like, or resembling a kid or...

Ancestry of “kidly”, step by step

kidly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English kid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkidA young goat; Of a female goat, the state of...
2Middle Englishkidekid, young goat; kid meat, the meat of a young...
3Old Norsekiða goatling, kid
4Proto-Germanickidjąa goatling; kid
5Proto-Indo-Europeangidʰ-kid, goatling, little goat

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gidʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kidją →Every word from Old Norse kið →