balky (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[balky 词源字典]
1847, from balk (n.) + -y (2). Related: Balkily; balkiness.[balky etymology, balky origin, 英语词源]
chalky (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
c. 1400, from chalk (n.) + -y (2). Related: Chalkiness.
talky (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"loquacious," 1815, from talk (n.) + -y (2). Related: Talkiness.
Valkyr (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
see Valkyrie.
Valkyrie (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1768, one of 12 war-maidens who escorted the brave dead to Valhalla, from Old Norse valkyrja, literally "chooser of the slain," from valr "those slain in battle" (see Valhalla) + kyrja "chooser," from ablaut root of kjosa "to choose," from Proto-Germanic *keusan, from PIE *geus- "to taste, choose" (see gusto). Old English form was Wælcyrie, but they seem not to have figured as largely in Anglo-Saxon tales as in Scandinavian. German Walküre (Wagner) is from Norse. Related: Valkyrian.
alkylyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"Of or denoting a hydrocarbon radical derived from an alkane by removal of a hydrogen atom", Late 19th century: German, from Alkohol 'alcohol' + -yl.