Where does “Aaschpéitchen” come from?

Aaschpéitchen (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.

Aaschpéitchen (Luxembourgish): an ulcer on one's buttock

Definitions

  1. an ulcer on one's buttock

Ancestry of “Aaschpéitchen”, step by step

Aaschpéitchen 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 Péitchen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishPéitchenulcer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁orsos →Every word from Proto-Germanic arsaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ars →