Where does “quackingly” come from?
quackingly (English) comes from English quacking, from English quack, from English quacksalver, from Dutch quacksalver, from Middle Dutch quacsalven, from Middle Dutch salve, from Old Dutch salva, from Proto-West Germanic salbu — fat, oil.
quackingly (English): In a quacking manner; with quacking sounds
Definitions
- In a quacking manner; with quacking sounds
Ancestry of “quackingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | quacking | present participle of quack; Making quacking... |
| 2 | English | quack | The sound made by a duck; To make a noise like a... |
| 3 | English | quacksalver | One falsely claiming to possess medical or other... |
| 4 | Dutch | quacksalver | a hawker of salve |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | quacsalven | — |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | salve | ointment, salve |
| 7 | Old Dutch | salva | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | salbu | salve, ointment |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | salbō | salve, ointment |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | solp-éh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | selp- | fat, oil |