Where does “scotchy” come from?
scotchy (English) comes from English Scotch, from Middle English scocchen, from Old French escocher, from Old French çoche, from Vulgar Latin *tsucca, from Gaulish tsukka, from Proto-Germanic stukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewg- — to push, to hit.
scotchy (English): Resembling or characteristic of Scotch whisky
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of Scotch whisky
Ancestry of “scotchy”, step by step
scotchy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Scotch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Scotch | The people of Scotland; Whisky distilled in... |
| 2 | Middle English | scocchen | to score, nick, cut; to cut |
| 3 | Old French | escocher | to notch |
| 4 | Old French | çoche | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *tsucca | — |
| 6 | Gaulish | tsukka | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | stukkaz | stick; beam; post; stump |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewg- | to push, to hit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
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 | — |