Where does “frightly” come from?

frightly (Middle English) comes from Middle English fright, from Old English fryhtu, from Old English fyrhtu, from Proto-West Germanic furhtī, from Proto-Germanic furhtį̄, from Proto-Indo-European perǵ-.

frightly (Middle English): fearful, awed

Definitions

  1. fearful, awed

Ancestry of “frightly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishfrightAlternative form of frith; A fright or scare
2Old EnglishfryhtuAlternative form of fyrhtu: fright
3Old Englishfyrhtufright
4Proto-West Germanicfurhtīfright, fear
5Proto-Germanicfurhtį̄fear, fright
6Proto-Indo-Europeanperǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European perǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic furhtį̄ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic furhtī →