Where does “Béifchen” come from?

Béifchen (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish -chen, from Proto-West Germanic *-ikīn, from Proto-West Germanic -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

Béifchen (Luxembourgish): Diminutive of Bouf

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of Bouf

Ancestry of “Béifchen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgish-chencreates a diminutive noun
2Proto-West Germanic*-ikīn—
3Proto-West Germanic-īnCreates adjectives from nouns with the sense...
4Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
5Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
6Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -īn →