Where does “Doloun” come from?

Doloun (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Do, from Luxembourgish op, from Old High German up, from Old High German ūf, from Proto-Germanic upp, from Proto-Germanic ub, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

Doloun (Luxembourgish): daily wage, chiefly that of a day laborer

Definitions

  1. daily wage, chiefly that of a day laborer

Ancestry of “Doloun”, step by step

Doloun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Do

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishDothe bright time of the day
2Luxembourgishopopen; on, upon; at, to
3Old High Germanup—
4Old High Germanūfup
5Proto-Germanicuppup, upwards
6Proto-Germanicubunder
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

via Luxembourgish loun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgishlounsecond-person singular imperative of lounen
2Old High Germanlōn—
3Proto-West Germaniclaunreward, credit, booty
4Proto-Germaniclaunąreward, credit, booty
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₂w-to seize, gain; benefit, prize

Words derived from “Doloun”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Germanic ub →