Where does “Afennoss” come from?

Afennoss (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Noss, from Old High German nuz, from Proto-West Germanic hnut, from Proto-Germanic hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

Afennoss (Luxembourgish): monkey nut, peanut

Definitions

  1. monkey nut, peanut

Ancestry of “Afennoss”, step by step

Afennoss traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Noss

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishNossnut
2Old High Germannuznut; use
3Proto-West Germanichnutnut
4Proto-Germanichnutsnut
5Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
6Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

via Luxembourgish Af

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishAfape, monkey
2Old High Germanaffomonkey; ape
3Proto-West Germanicapōape, monkey
4Proto-Germanicapôape, monkey
5Proto-Indo-Europeanabō-ape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnuts →