Where does “ruckly” come from?
ruckly (English) comes from English ruckle, from English ruck, from English rook, from Middle English rook, from Old French roc, from Arabic رُخّ, from Persian رخ, from Middle Persian lhw' — to roll; wheel; to run, roll.
ruckly (English): Wrinkly or bumpy
Definitions
- Wrinkly or bumpy
Ancestry of “ruckly”, step by step
ruckly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ruckle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ruckle | To crease or wrinkle; A disordered collection; A... |
| 2 | English | ruck | A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a... |
| 3 | English | rook | A European bird, "Corvus frugilegus", of the crow... |
| 4 | Middle English | rook | — |
| 5 | Old French | roc | rook |
| 6 | Arabic | رُخّ | — |
| 7 | Persian | رخ | rook; cheek; face |
| 8 | Middle Persian | lhw' | rook, castle |
| 9 | Sanskrit | रथ | chariot, car, especially a two-wheeled... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hrátʰas | chariot |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrót-h₂-os | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | Hret- | to roll; wheel; to run, roll |
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 | — |