Where does “whiplashy” come from?
whiplashy (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.
whiplashy (English): Reminiscent of a whiplash injury; involving a...
Definitions
- Reminiscent of a whiplash injury; involving a...
Ancestry of “whiplashy”, step by step
whiplashy 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 whiplash
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | whiplash | the lash of a whip; an injury to the upper spine... |
| 2 | English | lash | The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which... |
| 3 | Middle French | lachier | — |
| 4 | Old French | lacier | to lace |
| 5 | Latin | laqueo | dative singular of laqueus; ablative singular of... |
| 6 | Latin | laqueus | noose; snare, gin, trap |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | lakw- | to ensnare |