Where does “windmilly” come from?
windmilly (English) comes from English windmill, from Middle English wyndmylne, from Norwegian Nynorsk mylne, from Old Norse mylna, from Old English mylen, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu, from Latin molīna, from Latin mola — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.
windmilly (English): Having many windmills
Definitions
- Having many windmills
Ancestry of “windmilly”, step by step
windmilly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English windmill
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | windmill | A machine which translates linear motion of wind... |
| 2 | Middle English | wyndmylne | windmill wind-powered mill |
| 3 | Norwegian Nynorsk | mylne | mill |
| 4 | Old Norse | mylna | — |
| 5 | Old English | mylen | mill |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *mulīnu | mill |
| 7 | Latin | molīna | — |
| 8 | Latin | mola | millstone; mill; ground meal |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |
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 | — |