Where does “Kiezdeutsch” come from?
Kiezdeutsch (German) comes from Breton kiez, from Breton -ez, from Proto-Brythonic *-es, from Latin -issa, from Ancient Greek -ῐσσᾰ, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Kiezdeutsch (German): a variety of German spoken in ethnically diverse urban neighbourhoods vernacular variety of German
Definitions
- a variety of German spoken in ethnically diverse urban neighbourhoods vernacular variety of German
Ancestry of “Kiezdeutsch”, step by step
Kiezdeutsch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Breton kiez
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breton | kiez | female dog, bitch |
| 2 | Breton | -ez | -ess |
| 3 | Proto-Brythonic | *-es | — |
| 4 | Latin | -issa | |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ῐσσᾰ | femininizes masculine nouns in the first declension |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via German Deutsch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Deutsch | German |
| 2 | Old High German | diutsch | — |
| 3 | Old High German | diutisc | Alternative form of diutisk; popular, vernacular;... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | þiudisk | of the people, popular, vernacular |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þiudiskaz | of the people, popular; of the tribe |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þeudō | people, tribe |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tewtéh₂ | people, tribe |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |