Where does “Afenhëtzt” come from?

Afenhëtzt (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish afen, from Luxembourgish Af, from Old High German affo, from Proto-West Germanic apō, from Proto-Germanic apô, from Proto-Indo-European abō- — ape.

Afenhëtzt (Luxembourgish): scorching heat, scorcher

Definitions

  1. scorching heat, scorcher

Ancestry of “Afenhëtzt”, step by step

Afenhëtzt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish afen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgishafento gape, to gawk
2LuxembourgishAfape, monkey
3Old High Germanaffomonkey; ape
4Proto-West Germanicapōape, monkey
5Proto-Germanicapôape, monkey
6Proto-Indo-Europeanabō-ape

via Luxembourgish Hëtzt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishHëtztheat
2LuxembourgishHëtzhurry, rush
3Middle High Germanhitze—
4Old High Germanhizza—
5Proto-Germanichitjōheat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European abō- →Every word from Proto-Germanic apô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic apō →