Where does “wavery” come from?
wavery (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.
wavery (English): Tending to waver; uncertain or hesitant
Definitions
- Tending to waver; uncertain or hesitant
Ancestry of “wavery”, step by step
wavery 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 waver
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | waver | To sway back and forth; to totter or reel; To... |
| 2 | English | wave | To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat... |
| 3 | Middle English | wawe | A wave; Any sort of flowing or spurting motion;... |
| 4 | Old English | wǣġ | a weight; a tool for weighing, balance, scale |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wēgaz | wave; sea |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵʰ- | to bring; to transport |