Where does “pudwhacker” come from?
pudwhacker (English) comes from English whacker, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
pudwhacker (English): An annoying or contemptible person
Definitions
- An annoying or contemptible person
Ancestry of “pudwhacker”, step by step
pudwhacker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English whacker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | whacker | One who, or something which, whacks; Anything... |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English pud
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pud | Pudding; Penis; Child's hand; child's fist |
| 2 | English | Pudding | Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming or from batter |
| 3 | Middle English | podynge | sausage stuffed animal intestine |
| 4 | Old French | boudin | blood sausage, black pudding |
| 5 | Latin | botellus | a small sausage |
| 6 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |