Where does “quenchy” come from?
quenchy (English) comes from English quench, from Middle English quenchen, from Old English cwenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwankijan, from Proto-Germanic kwankijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
quenchy (English): Quenching
Definitions
- Quenching
Ancestry of “quenchy”, step by step
quenchy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quench
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quench | To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative... |
| 2 | Middle English | quenchen | To quench; To spray or douse with water or... |
| 3 | Old English | cwenċan | to extinguish, quench |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kwankijan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kwankijaną | to cause to go out, extinguish |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 | — |