Where does “Aarmeleitskascht” come from?

Aarmeleitskascht (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Aarmeleit, from Luxembourgish aarm, from Old High German arm, from Proto-West Germanic arm, from Proto-Germanic armaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ermos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

Aarmeleitskascht (Luxembourgish): poor man's food

Definitions

  1. poor man's food

Ancestry of “Aarmeleitskascht”, step by step

Aarmeleitskascht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Aarmeleit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishAarmeleitpoor people
2Luxembourgishaarmpoor
3Old High Germanarmarm; poor, miserable
4Proto-West Germanicarmarm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable
5Proto-Germanicarmazarm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ermos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Luxembourgish Käscht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishKäschtchestnut
2Latincastaneaa chestnut tree; a chestnut
3Ancient GreekκαστάνειαAlternative form of κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ; chestnut
4Ancient Greekκᾰ́στᾰνᾰsweet chestnuts; chestnut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ermos →Every word from Proto-Germanic armaz →