Where does “wagenmenner” come from?

wagenmenner (Dutch) comes from Dutch wagen, from Middle Dutch wāgen, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -en, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

wagenmenner (Dutch): charioteer

Definitions

  1. charioteer

Ancestry of “wagenmenner”, step by step

wagenmenner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch wagen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchwagenA wagon, carriage; A cart; An automobile, car,...
2Middle DutchwāgenA wagon, cart
3Middle Dutch-enThe ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used...
4Old Dutch-en
5Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
8Chichewaiyehe, she

via Dutch menner

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmennerdriver of animals; a charioteer
2Dutch-erForms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a...
3Old Dutch-āri
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -janąEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti