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dairy

/ˈdeɹi/DEH-ree
/ˈdɛɹi/DEH-ree

Meaninga dairymaid

Common meaning: a place for milk and butter

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√DHIGH‘smear, knead, mould, form’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 168, p. 736 · scan
  2. Old Norse (Icelandic)deigja‘a maid, esp’source
  3. Middle Englishdaieriesource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa maid, esp → a place for milk and butterdairy‘a place for milk and butter’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) deigja ‘a dairymaid’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry DAIRY, p. 151 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • deigja Old Norse (Icelandic) “a dairymaid”

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