Where does “Walnussschale” come from?
Walnussschale (German) comes from German Walnuss, from English walnut, from Middle English walnote, from Old English wealhhnutu, from Old English wealh, from Old English īeġ, from Proto-West Germanic auwju, from Proto-Germanic awjō — water.
Walnussschale (German): walnut shell
Definitions
- walnut shell
Ancestry of “Walnussschale”, step by step
Walnussschale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Walnuss
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Walnuss | walnut |
| 2 | English | walnut | A hardwood tree of the genus "Juglans"; A nut of... |
| 3 | Middle English | walnote | Alternative form of walnot |
| 4 | Old English | wealhhnutu | walnut |
| 5 | Old English | wealh | foreigner; Briton or Welshman; slave |
| 6 | Old English | īeġ | island |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | auwju | floodplain; meadow; island |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | awjō | floodplain; meadow; island |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | agwjō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ékʷeh₂ | water |
via German schāle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | schāle | peel; husk; shell outer layer |
| 2 | Middle High German | schāle | — |
| 3 | Old High German | scāla | shell |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *skalu | shell, husk |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skalō | shell; lump, ball |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |