Etymograph

English

angelly

Angelly comes from Old English ænġellīċ ‘resembling an angel’, and goes back to Proto-West Germanic *angilalīk.

  1. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*angilalīk‘angellike, angelic’reconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150ænġellīċ‘resembling an angel’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500aungelly
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1990angelly

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*angilalīk‘angellike, angelic’reconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150ænġellīċ‘resembling an angel’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500aungelly
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1990angelly

Earliest quotation: 1990, Chris McLeod: “Poor Grandy reached up too high and young for…”

Formed from angel + -ly

Old English anġel ‘angel’

Middle English aungel ‘angel’

English angel

Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *angilalīk

Today it means

adj Of, relating to, or resembling an angel; angellike; angelic.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *angilalīk / angelly

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