Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗Girlish; effeminate; sentimental. · Of, or pertaining to, female clothing or clothing sizes.
Etymology tree English miss Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English missy From miss + -y.
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
{
"templates": [
{
"name": "ety",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "miss",
"4": "-y<id:diminutive>",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish miss\nProto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-\nProto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī\nOld English -iġ\nMiddle English -y\nEnglish -y\nEnglish missy\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-i\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old English\", \"term\" : \"-iġ\", \"lang\" : \"ang\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"-y\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-y\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"missy\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"missy\">\nFrom miss + -y."
},
{
"name": "ety",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "miss",
"4": "-y<id:diminutive>",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish miss\nProto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-\nProto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī\nOld English -iġ\nMiddle English -y\nEnglish -y\nEnglish missy\nFrom miss + -y."
}
],
"links": [
[
"miss",
"miss#English"
],
[
"*-j-, *-ij-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-j-"
],
[
"*-i, *-ī",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-i"
],
[
"-iġ",
"-ig#Old_English:_diminutive"
],
[
"-y",
"-y#Middle_English:_diminutive"
],
[
"-y",
"-y#English:_diminutive"
],
[
"miss",
"miss#English"
],
[
"-y",
"-y#English:_diminutive"
]
],
"references": [],
"descendants": [],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "adj",
"glosses": [
"Girlish; effeminate; sentimental.",
"Of, or pertaining to, female clothing or clothing sizes."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"recordId": "1f271ccc80f84e153e003a24632aa4ffcfe319a3d811d89f4648cee73f2c2bad",
"rawRecordSha256": "83446fa6b2cbf146e9d8aa4730754fcdb1d0c5938bebbb281052613d2c9f76e1",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 1470222
}
],
"omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
"templates": 0,
"links": 0,
"references": 0,
"descendants": 0,
"lexicalRecords": 0,
"lexicalSenses": 0,
"glosses": 0
}
}