Where does “Fluesssom” come from?

Fluesssom (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Som, from Middle High German sāme, from Old High German sāmo, from Proto-West Germanic sāmō, from Proto-Germanic sēmô, from Proto-Indo-European séh₁mn̥, from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- — to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

Fluesssom (Luxembourgish): linseed

Definitions

  1. linseed

Ancestry of “Fluesssom”, step by step

Fluesssom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Som

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishSomseed
2Middle High Germansāme—
3Old High Germansāmoseed
4Proto-West Germanicsāmōseed
5Proto-Germanicsēmôseed
6Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₁mn̥seed
7Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

via Luxembourgish Fluess

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishFluessflax
2Old High Germanflahsflax
3Proto-West Germanicflahsflax
4Proto-Germanicflahsąflax
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European séh₁mn̥ →Every word from Proto-Germanic sēmô →