English
fernily
Equivalent to ferny + -ly.
Formed from ferny + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *p(t)erH- ‘fern’
Proto-West Germanic *farn ‘fern’
Old English fearn ‘fern’
Old English fearniġ
Middle English ferny ‘full of fern or bracken’
English ferny
Today it means
adv In a ferny manner.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fernily