Where does “silkemyk” come from?
silkemyk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål silke, from Old Norse silki, from Latin sēricum, from English serigraph, from Latin sericum, from Latin sericus, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός — -y, -ic.
silkemyk (Norwegian Bokmål): silky soft, soft as silk
Definitions
- silky soft, soft as silk
Ancestry of “silkemyk”, step by step
silkemyk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål silke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | silke | silk |
| 2 | Old Norse | silki | silk |
| 3 | Latin | sēricum | Chinese goods, but especially silk |
| 4 | English | serigraph | a silkscreen print made by serigraphy; an... |
| 5 | Latin | sericum | Chinese goods, but especially silk |
| 6 | Latin | sericus | Of or pertaining to the Seres or the Chinese;... |
| 7 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via Norwegian Bokmål myk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | myk | soft; imperative of myke |
| 2 | Danish | myg | mosquito; midge; gnat |
| 3 | Old Norse | myg | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | mügge | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | muggia | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | muggjā | small fly, midge, mosquito |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | mugjǭ | a small fly; midge; mosquito |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | mują | fly |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mū- | fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle |