Where does “moonelight” come from?
moonelight (Middle English) comes from Middle English Mone, from Old English mān, from Sanskrit महादेव, from Sanskrit महा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan maźʰā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian maȷ́ʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂s — big, great.
moonelight (Middle English): moonlight
Definitions
- moonlight
Ancestry of “moonelight”, step by step
moonelight traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English Mone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | Mone | A lamentation; a sorrowful moan or expression |
| 2 | Old English | mān | bad, criminal, false; shameful act; crime;... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | महादेव | the "great God" |
| 4 | Sanskrit | महा | combining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | maźʰā́ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | maȷ́ʰā́ | big, great |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |
via Middle English light
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | light | The radiation which allows for vision by... |
| 2 | Old English | lēoht | luminous, bright, light, clear, resplendent,... |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | leuht | light, bright; light |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | leuhtą | light |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | lewktom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |