English
teasy
From tease + -y.
A compound of tease + -y
Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- ‘to separate, divide’
Proto-Germanic *taisaną ‘to tug, to pull’
Proto-West Germanic *taisijan ‘to separate, tug, shred’
Old English tǣsan ‘to tease’
Middle English tesen ‘to card wool’
English tease
Another origin of teasy
- Cornishmoderntesek‘irritable, hot’
- Englishtodayteasy
Today it means
adj Inclined to tease; teasing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / teasy