Etymology

silkie

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Today it means: A chicken of a certain breed with very fine, silk-like feathers, blue-black skin and bones, and five toes per foot (instead of the usual four). Full definition →

English silk ← Middle English silk ← Old Norse silkiinflu.?
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silkie · noun1

  1. Old Chinese絲 (*sə)der.?
  2. Ancient Greekσήρ (sḗr)
  3. Ancient Greekσηρῐκός (sērĭkós)
  4. Late Latinsēricus
  5. Proto-West Germanic*seluk
  6. Old Englishseolc
  7. Old Norsesilkiinflu.?
  8. Middle Englishsilk
  9. Englishsilk
  10. English todaysilkie

From silk + -ie.

silkie · noun2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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