Where does “mowyer” come from?
mowyer (English) comes from English yer, from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢.
mowyer (English): One who mows; mower; The long-billed or...
Definitions
- One who mows; mower; The long-billed or...
Ancestry of “mowyer”, step by step
mowyer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English yer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | yer | Pronunciation spelling of you; Pronunciation... |
| 2 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 3 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 4 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 5 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 6 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 7 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 8 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 9 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 10 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |
via English mow
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mow | To cut down grass or crops; To cut down or... |
| 2 | Middle English | mowen | To be strong or powerful; To be able to; to have... |
| 3 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 4 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 5 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |