Where does “blue boreen” come from?
blue boreen (Yola) comes from English boreen, from Irish bóithrín, from Irish -ín, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é.
blue boreen (Yola): hedge sparrow
Definitions
- hedge sparrow
Ancestry of “blue boreen”, step by step
blue boreen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English boreen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | boreen | A narrow, frequently unpaved, rural road in... |
| 2 | Irish | bóithrín | Diminutive of bóthar; a small, quite often badly... |
| 3 | Irish | -ín | Suffix used to form diminutive nouns, sometimes... |
| 4 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 5 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 6 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 7 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 8 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 9 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via Yola blue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yola | blue | blue |
| 2 | Middle English | blew | Alternative form of blewe |
| 3 | Old French | blöe | blue |
| 4 | Latvian | blāvus | accusative plural masculine form of blāvs |
| 5 | Old High German | blāo | blue, dark, grey; blue; yellow |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | blāu | blue |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | blēwaz | blue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlēw- | yellow, blond, grey |