Where does “moonlighty” come from?

moonlighty (English) comes from English moonlight, from Middle English moonelight, from Middle English Mone, from Old English mān, from Sanskrit महादेव, from Sanskrit महा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan maźʰā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian maȷ́ʰā́ — big, great.

moonlighty (English): Resembling or characteristic of moonlight

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of moonlight

Ancestry of “moonlighty”, step by step

moonlighty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English moonlight

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmoonlightThe light reflected from the Moon; To work on the...
2Middle Englishmoonelightmoonlight
3Middle EnglishMoneA lamentation; a sorrowful moan or expression
4Old Englishmānbad, criminal, false; shameful act; crime;...
5Sanskritमहादेवthe "great God"
6Sanskritमहाcombining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,...
7Proto-Indo-Aryanmaźʰā́
8Proto-Indo-Iranianmaȷ́ʰā́big, great
9Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂sbig, great

via English Y

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishYA figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A...
2EnglishyuriA narrative or visual work featuring a romance or...
3Japanese百合lily
4Japanese連用形an inflectional category: the continuative or...
5Japanese見るto see, to watch, to observe, to look at...
6Japanesea dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state...
7Old Japanesea dream
8Japanesean order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
9Middle Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂s
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