Where does “shivvy” come from?
shivvy (English) comes from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目.
shivvy (English): A shiv, a shank
Definitions
- A shiv, a shank
Ancestry of “shivvy”, step by step
shivvy traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |
via English shiver
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shiver | To tremble or shake, especially when cold or... |
| 2 | English | chavel | The jaw, especially of an animal; To chew |
| 3 | Middle English | chavel | cheek, jaw |
| 4 | Old English | ċeafl | a bill, beak, snout, jaw, jaw-bone, cheek,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kafl | jaw |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kaflaz | jaw |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵóp-wl̥ ~ ǵép-uns | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵep- | to eat, chew |
via English Shiv
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Shiv | mainly used in India |
| 2 | English | Shiva | The god of destruction and transformation, and together with Brahma and Vishnu, one of the principal deities in Hinduism. Within Shaivism he is viewed as the Supreme deity, whereas in other branches of Hinduism such as the Smarta tradition he is worshipped as one of the six manifestations of the Div |
| 3 | Sanskrit | शिव | auspicious, favourable; happy, fortunate; m... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | शी | to lie down |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |