Where does “unhairy” come from?
unhairy (English) comes from English hairy, from English haircut, from English Hair, from Middle English hēr, from Old English hēr, from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic hē₂r, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
unhairy (English): Not hairy
Definitions
- Not hairy
Ancestry of “unhairy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hairy | Of a person, having a lot of hair on the body; Of... |
| 2 | English | haircut | The act of cutting of the hair, often done... |
| 3 | English | Hair | A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals |
| 4 | Middle English | hēr | a hair |
| 5 | Old English | hēr | at this place |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *hēr | here |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hē₂r | here, in this place |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |