Where does “monkeyess” come from?
monkeyess (English) comes from English ess, from German ess, from Proto-Germanic atiska-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂edos- — sort of cereal, grain.
monkeyess (English): A female monkey
Ancestry of “monkeyess”, step by step
monkeyess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ess
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | ess | The name of the Latin-script letter S; Something... |
| 2 | German | ess | first-person singular present of essen; singular... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | atiska- | grainfield |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂edos- | sort of cereal, grain |
via English monkey
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | monkey | Any member of the clade Simiiformes not also of... |
| 2 | German | Moneke | — |