Where does “trigger-happiness” come from?
trigger-happiness (English) comes from English trigger-happy, from English trigger, from Dutch trekker, from Dutch trekken, from Middle Dutch trecken, from Old Dutch trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną — to pull; to drag, scrape.
trigger-happiness (English): The quality of being trigger-happy
Definitions
- The quality of being trigger-happy
Ancestry of “trigger-happiness”, step by step
trigger-happiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English trigger-happy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trigger-happy | Having a tendency or desire to shoot a firearm... |
| 2 | English | trigger | A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun; A... |
| 3 | Dutch | trekker | puller; trigger; tractor |
| 4 | Dutch | trekken | to pull, to draw; to manage, to have the strength... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | trecken | to pull or draw to oneself; to go to another... |
| 6 | Old Dutch | trecken | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *trakkjan | to drag |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | trekaną | to push; to drag; to scratch |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dreg- | to pull; to drag, scrape |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |