Where does “dusty” come from?

dusty (Middle English) comes from Old English dūstiġ, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

dusty (Middle English): dusty, dust-covered; like dust, powdery

Definitions

  1. dusty, dust-covered; like dust, powdery

Ancestry of “dusty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdūstiġdusty
2Old English-iġ-y, -ic
3Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
4Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
5Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “dusty”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Old English -iġ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -gaz →