Where does “oary” come from?

oary (English) comes 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, from Japanese 目.

oary (English): Like an oar

Definitions

  1. Like an oar

Ancestry of “oary”, step by step

oary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via English oar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoarA type of lever used to propel a boat, having a...
2Middle EnglishoreAlternative form of oure; Alternative form of...
3Old Englishārhonour, help, pardon; honor, worth, dignity,...
4Proto-West Germanicaiʀuhonour; respect, reverence
5Proto-Germanicaizōfear; reverence; honour
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂oys-éh₂
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eys-to wish; to request
Every word from Middle Chinese