Where does “mackerelly” come from?
mackerelly (English) comes from English mackerel, from Middle English makerel, from Old French maquerel, from Middle Dutch makelare, from Low German maken, from Middle Low German māken, from Old Saxon makōn, from Proto-West Germanic makōn — to oil, knead; to knead, oil.
mackerelly (English): Resembling or characteristic of mackerel
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of mackerel
Ancestry of “mackerelly”, step by step
mackerelly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mackerel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mackerel | An edible fish of the family Scombridae, often... |
| 2 | Middle English | makerel | mackerel |
| 3 | Old French | maquerel | mackerel |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | makelare | — |
| 5 | Low German | maken | To make |
| 6 | Middle Low German | māken | — |
| 7 | Old Saxon | makōn | to make |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | makōn | to build, work, make |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | makaz | fit, suitable, agreeable, comfortable |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | maǵ- | to oil, knead; to knead, oil |
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 | — |