Where does “wefty chems” come from?
wefty chems (Yola) comes from Yola wefty, from Yola -ee, from Middle English -y, from Middle English -ien, from Old English -ian, from Old English -ōjan, from Proto-West Germanic -ōn, from Proto-Germanic -ōną — he, she.
wefty chems (Yola): A basket woven of chips?
Definitions
- A basket woven of chips?
Ancestry of “wefty chems”, step by step
wefty chems traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yola wefty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yola | wefty | webby |
| 2 | Yola | -ee | Added to nouns to form adjectives |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Middle English | -ien | Forms nouns and adjectives denoting origin, association, or residence; -ian |
| 5 | Old English | -ian | Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives |
| 6 | Old English | -ōjan | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Yola chemis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yola | chemis | chips |
| 2 | Middle English | chippe | chip, shard, fragment |
| 3 | Old English | ċipp | chip; small piece of wood; chip, splinter,... |
| 4 | Old English | ċippian | to cut; hew |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kipp- | to chop; split; to cut; carve; hack; chop |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵey- | to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;... |