Where does “kissing-crust” come from?
kissing-crust (English) comes from English kissing, from Middle English kissynge, from Middle English kissen, from Old English cyssan, from Proto-West Germanic *kussijan, from Proto-Germanic kussijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
kissing-crust (English): The portion of the upper crust of a loaf which...
Definitions
- The portion of the upper crust of a loaf which...
Ancestry of “kissing-crust”, step by step
kissing-crust traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English kissing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kissing | present participle of kiss; That kisses; Just... |
| 2 | Middle English | kissynge | kiss action of kissing |
| 3 | Middle English | kissen | to kiss |
| 4 | Old English | cyssan | to kiss |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *kussijan | to kiss |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kussijaną | to kiss |
| 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 crust
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crust | A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or... |
| 2 | Middle English | cruste | crust |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | cruste | — |
| 4 | Latin | crusta | The hard surface of a body; rind, shell, crust,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *krustos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | krustós | hardened |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krews- | to form a crust, begin to freeze |