Where does “quakily” come from?
quakily (English) comes from English quaky, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
quakily (English): In a quaky manner
Definitions
- In a quaky manner
Ancestry of “quakily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quaky | Inclined to quake; tremulous |
| 2 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |