Where does “silky” come from?
Silky is a modern English formation from silk, ultimately from Chinese sī and Sanskrit śīta, meaning "cold" or referring to the cold production process of silk.
silky (English): Similar in appearance or texture to silk; Smooth...
Definitions
- Similar in appearance or texture to silk; Smooth...
Ancestry of “silky”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | sylky | — |
| 2 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |