Where does “sunnies” come from?
sunnies (English) comes from English sunglasses, from English glasses, from English glass, from Scottish Gaelic glas, from Middle Irish glas, from Old Irish glas, from Proto-Celtic glastos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰl̥h₃stós — to flourish; green, yellow.
sunnies (English): Sunglasses; plural of sunny
Definitions
- Sunglasses; plural of sunny
Ancestry of “sunnies”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sunglasses | Tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the... |
| 2 | English | glasses | plural of glass; API pl; Spectacles, frames... |
| 3 | English | glass | An amorphous solid, often transparent substance... |
| 4 | Scottish Gaelic | glas | green; grey; lock |
| 5 | Middle Irish | glas | — |
| 6 | Old Irish | glas | green, greenish; blue, green-blue, grey-blue; the... |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | glastos | green, blue |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰl̥h₃stós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |