Where does “フレンドリー” come from?
フレンドリー (Japanese) comes from English friendly, from Middle English frendly, from Old English frēondlīċ, from Proto-Germanic frijōndlīkaz, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
フレンドリー (Japanese): friendly; nice; kind
Ancestry of “フレンドリー”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | friendly | Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate... |
| 2 | Middle English | frendly | Friendly, amicable; acting like a friend;... |
| 3 | Old English | frēondlīċ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | frijōndlīkaz | friendlike; friendly |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |