Where does “moonshining” come from?
moonshining (English) comes from English moonshine, from English moon, from Middle English mone, from Old English mān, from Sanskrit महादेव, from Sanskrit महा, from Sanskrit महायान, from Sanskrit यान — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.
moonshining (English): Illicit production and distribution of liquor
Definitions
- Illicit production and distribution of liquor
Ancestry of “moonshining”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | moonshine | The light of the moon; High-proof alcohol that... |
| 2 | English | moon | Any natural satellite of a planet; A month,... |
| 3 | Middle English | mone | A lamentation; A moan, complaint; The celestial... |
| 4 | Old English | mān | bad, criminal, false; shameful act; crime;... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | महादेव | — |
| 6 | Sanskrit | महा | combining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | महायान | — |
| 8 | Sanskrit | यान | carriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | yáHnam | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | yáHnam | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yéh₂-nom | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₂- | to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel |