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Where does “mooey” come from?

mooey (English) comes from English ey, from English they, from English the'e, from English there, from Old English þær, from Proto-West Germanic þār, from Proto-Germanic þar, from Proto-Indo-European tar- — this; that.

mooey (English): The mouth; the face; The vagina or vulva;...

Definitions

  1. The mouth; the face; The vagina or vulva;...

Ancestry of “mooey”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisheyAn egg; An island; 1975 August 23, Black, Judie,...
2EnglishtheyA group of people, animals, plants, or objects...
3Englishthe'ePronunciation spelling of there
4EnglishthereIn a place or location at some distance from the...
5Old Englishþærthere
6Proto-West Germanicþārthere
7Proto-Germanicþarthere, in that place
8Proto-Indo-Europeantar-there
9Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
10Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
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