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

Definitions

  1. tablecloth

Ancestry of “Dëschelduch”, step by step

Dëschelduch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Dësch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishDëschtable
2Old High Germandisc—
3Proto-Germanicdisk—
4Latindiscusa discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;...
5Proto-Italicdiskōlearn
6Proto-Italicdikskō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandi-dḱ-ské-ti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandeḱ-take; perceive

via Luxembourgish Duch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishDuchcloth; towel
2Middle High Germantuoch—
3Old High Germantuoh—
4Proto-West Germanicdōkcloth, rag
5Proto-Germanicdōkazcloth, rag
6Proto-Indo-Europeandwōg-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European di-dḱ-ské-ti →Every word from Proto-Italic dikskō →