Where does “Aaschkréicher” come from?

Aaschkréicher (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Aasch, from Old High German ars, from Proto-West Germanic ars, from Proto-Germanic arsaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁orsos — arse.

Aaschkréicher (Luxembourgish): bootlicker, brown-noser

Definitions

  1. bootlicker, brown-noser

Ancestry of “Aaschkréicher”, step by step

Aaschkréicher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Aasch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishAascharse
2Old High Germanarsanus
3Proto-West Germanicarsarse, anus, buttocks
4Proto-Germanicarsazarse/ass, anus, buttocks
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁orsosarse

via Luxembourgish Kréicher

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishKréicher
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁orsosEvery word from Proto-Germanic arsazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic ars