Where does “milkmaidy” come from?
milkmaidy (English) comes from English milkmaid, from English maid, from Middle English mayde, from English maiden, from Middle English mayden, from Old English mægden, from Proto-West Germanic magadīn, from Proto-West Germanic -īn — adjectival suffix.
milkmaidy (English): Resembling or characteristic of a milkmaid
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a milkmaid
Ancestry of “milkmaidy”, step by step
milkmaidy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English milkmaid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | milkmaid | A girl or young woman who milks the cows on a... |
| 2 | English | maid | A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | mayde | young woman |
| 4 | English | maiden | A girl or an unmarried young woman; A female... |
| 5 | Middle English | mayden | maiden |
| 6 | Old English | mægden | girl; virgin, young unmarried woman |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | magadīn | little girl |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -īn | Creates adjectives from nouns with the sense... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
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 | — |