Where does “yearny” come from?
yearny (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.
yearny (English): Indicating strong desire, passion, or longing;...
Definitions
- Indicating strong desire, passion, or longing;...
Ancestry of “yearny”, step by step
yearny 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 yearn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | yearn | To long, have a strong desire; To long for... |
| 2 | Middle English | yernen | to yearn; to yearn for |
| 3 | Old English | ġeornan | to desire, beg, yearn |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | girnijan | to be eager for, to desire |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | girnijaną | to want, desire |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gernaz | eager, willing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |