Where does “pancakey” come from?
pancakey (English) comes from English pancake, from Middle English pancake, from Middle English panne, from Old English panne, from Proto-West Germanic pannā, from Proto-Germanic pannǭ, from Latin panna, from Latin patīna — inflection of *tъ: ## feminine singular ##...
pancakey (English): Resembling or characteristic of a pancake
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a pancake
Ancestry of “pancakey”, step by step
pancakey traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pancake
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pancake | A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle... |
| 2 | Middle English | pancake | pancake |
| 3 | Middle English | panne | A pan, skillet, tin, or cookpot; any metal... |
| 4 | Old English | panne | pan, frying pan |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | pannā | pan |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | pannǭ | pan |
| 7 | Latin | panna | broad cooking vessel; frying pan; pan |
| 8 | Latin | patīna | A broad, shallow dish, a pan, stewpan |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πατάνη | kind of flat dish |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pet-ano | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pete- | to spread, stretch out |
| 12 | Proto-Finnic | ete- | — |
| 13 | Serbo-Croatian | tẹ́ | of you |
| 14 | Proto-Slavic | ta | inflection of *tъ: ## feminine singular ##... |
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 | — |