Etymology

wonderly

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Today it means: wondrous; wondersome Full definition →

Middle English wonderly ← Old English wundorlīċ ← Proto-West Germanic *wundralīk
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wonderly · adjective1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wundralīkaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*wundralīk
  3. Old English · inherited fromwundorlīċ“wonderful, miraculous”
  4. Middle English · inherited fromwonderly
  5. English todaywonderly

From Middle English wonderly, wonderli, wonderlich, from Old English wundorlīċ (“wonderful, miraculous”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundralīk, from Proto-Germanic *wundralīkaz, equivalent to wonder + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wunderelk, wunnerelk, West Frisian wûnderlik, Dutch wonderlijk, German Low German wunnerlik, German wunderlich, Swedish underlig, Icelandic undarlegur.

wonderly · adverb2

  1. Old English · inherited fromwundorlīċe
  2. Middle English · inherited fromwonderly
  3. English todaywonderly

From Middle English wonderly, wonderli, wonderliche, from Old English wundorlīċe, equivalent to wonder + -ly.

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