Where does “uptalky” come from?
uptalky (English) comes from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目.
uptalky (English): Engaging in or characteristic of uptalk
Definitions
- Engaging in or characteristic of uptalk
Ancestry of “uptalky”, step by step
uptalky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |
via English uptalk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | uptalk | Speech that has a rising intonation at the end of... |
| 2 | English | talk | To communicate, usually by means of speech; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | talken | — |
| 4 | Old English | tealcian | to talk, chat |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | talkōną | to talk, chatter |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | talōną | to tell, speak, recount; to count, to reckon |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |