Where does “toffeelike” come from?
toffeelike (English) comes from English like, from Dutch luik, from Middle Dutch luke, from Dutch luiken, from Middle Dutch luken, from Old Dutch lūcan, from Proto-West Germanic lūkan, from Proto-Germanic lūkaną — to break, tear; to break, shatter.
toffeelike (English): Resembling toffee or some aspect of it
Definitions
- Resembling toffee or some aspect of it
Ancestry of “toffeelike”, step by step
toffeelike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English like
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | like | To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;... |
| 2 | Dutch | luik | hatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | luke | — |
| 4 | Dutch | luiken | to close, to shut |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | luken | to close, to shut; to close, to become closed |
| 6 | Old Dutch | lūcan | to close, shut |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | lūkan | to close, to shut |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lūkaną | to close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |
via English toffee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | toffee | A type of chewy confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard |
| 2 | English | Taffy | A Welshman |
| 3 | Welsh | Dafydd | David |
| 4 | Middle Welsh | Dauyð | — |
| 5 | Latin | David | David |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Δαυίδ | David |
| 7 | Hebrew | דָּוִד | — |