Where does “Dommheet” come from?
Dommheet (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish heet, from Luxembourgish haen, from Middle High German houwen, from Old High German houwan, from Proto-West Germanic hauwan, from Proto-Germanic hawwaną, from Proto-Celtic sukkos, from Proto-Indo-European suH- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...
Dommheet (Luxembourgish): stupidity; silliness, mischief, tomfoolery
Definitions
- stupidity; silliness, mischief, tomfoolery
Ancestry of “Dommheet”, step by step
Dommheet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Luxembourgish heet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | heet | third-person singular present indicative of haen |
| 2 | Luxembourgish | haen | to slap, to hit; to chop |
| 3 | Middle High German | houwen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | houwan | to hew |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hauwan | to hew, to chop |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hawwaną | to hew, to chop; to forge |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | sukkos | pig (snout) |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | suH- | pig, hog, swine |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sewH- | to bear; to give birth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sew- | to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to... |