Where does “moonshiny” come from?
moonshiny (English) comes from English moonshine, from English moon, 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.
moonshiny (English): Moonlit; lit by moonlight; Crazy; nonsensical;...
Definitions
- Moonlit; lit by moonlight; Crazy; nonsensical;...
Ancestry of “moonshiny”, step by step
moonshiny traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English moonshine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | the "great God" |
| 6 | Sanskrit | महा | combining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | maźʰā́ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | maȷ́ʰā́ | big, great |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |
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 | — |