stalky
English
adj
Definitions
- Long and thin, like a stalk of a plant.
- Of a plant, having stalks.
- (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a stalker; seeming to hunt or covertly follow a person.
Etymology
Suffix from English stalk.
Origin
English
stalk
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beanstalk English
- cornstalk English
- cyberstalk English
- destalk English
- e-stalk English
- eyestalk English
- footstalk English
- haystalk English
- leafstalk English
- prestalk English
- seedstalk English
- stalk English
- stalkable English
- stalkee English
- stalker English
- stalkest English
- stalketh English
- stalkette English
- stalkily English
- stalkiness English
- stalkish English
- stalkless English
- stalklike English
- wheatstalk English
- stalken Dutch, Flemish
- stalkear Spanish, Castilian
- *stel- Proto-Indo-European
- stalkear Portuguese
- stalke Middle English