Where does “Dëschelduch” come from?
Dëschelduch (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Dësch, from Old High German disc, from Proto-Germanic disk, from Latin discus, from Proto-Italic diskō, from Proto-Italic dikskō, from Proto-Indo-European di-dḱ-ské-ti, from Proto-Indo-European deḱ- — take; perceive.
Dëschelduch (Luxembourgish): tablecloth
Ancestry of “Dëschelduch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | Dësch | table |
| 2 | Old High German | disc | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | disk | — |
| 4 | Latin | discus | a discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | diskō | learn |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | dikskō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | di-dḱ-ské-ti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deḱ- | take; perceive |