Where does “happie” come from?

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

happie (Yola): happy

Definitions

  1. happy

Ancestry of “happie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhappyfortunate, happy
2Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3Old English-iġ-y, -ic
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Old English -iġ →Every word from Middle English -y →