Where does “Aaschkrippchen” come from?

Aaschkrippchen (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.

Aaschkrippchen (Luxembourgish): coccyx, tailbone

Definitions

  1. coccyx, tailbone

Ancestry of “Aaschkrippchen”, step by step

Aaschkrippchen 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 Krippchen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishKrippchencoccyx
2LuxembourgishKruppcroup, rump, hindquarters
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁orsos →Every word from Proto-Germanic arsaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ars →