Where does “sheepshagger” come from?
sheepshagger (English) comes from English shagger, from English shag, from English shower, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
sheepshagger (English): A man who engages in sexual intercourse with...
Definitions
- A man who engages in sexual intercourse with...
Ancestry of “sheepshagger”, step by step
sheepshagger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English shagger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shagger | One who shags; One who dances the shag; a jazz... |
| 2 | English | shag | Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc;... |
| 3 | English | shower | A brief fall of precipitation; A device for... |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English sheep
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sheep | A woolly ruminant of the genus "Ovis"; A timid,... |
| 2 | Middle English | sheep | sheep |
| 3 | Old English | sċēap | sheep |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | skāp | sheep |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skapą | shape |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |