Where does “Bäckeschdosen” come from?

Bäckeschdosen (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Dosen, from French douzaine, from Middle French douzaine, from Old French dozaine, from Old French doze, from Vulgar Latin dodeci, from Latin duodecim, from Latin decem — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

Bäckeschdosen (Luxembourgish): baker's dozen

Definitions

  1. baker's dozen

Ancestry of “Bäckeschdosen”, step by step

Bäckeschdosen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Dosen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishDosendozen
2Frenchdouzainetwelve; dozen; about twelve
3Middle Frenchdouzaine
4Old Frenchdozainea group of twelve
5Old Frenchdozetwelve
6Vulgar Latindodeci
7Latinduodecimtwelve; 12; dozen
8Latindecemten; 10
9Latin-nus-an
10Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
11Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

via Luxembourgish Bäcker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishBäckerbaker
2Middle High Germanbecker
3Old High Germanbeckeri
4Proto-GermanicbakārijazOne who creates baked goods; baker
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nósEvery word from Latin -nusEvery word from Latin decem