Where does “Kannerzëmmer” come from?

Kannerzëmmer (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Zëmmer, from Old High German zimbar, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic timrą, from Proto-Indo-European dem- — to build; to arrange, to put together.

Kannerzëmmer (Luxembourgish): children's room, nursery

Definitions

  1. children's room, nursery

Ancestry of “Kannerzëmmer”, step by step

Kannerzëmmer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Zëmmer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishZëmmerroom
2Old High Germanzimbar—
3Proto-West Germanic*timr(act of) building
4Proto-Germanictimrąbuilding; timber
5Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together

via Luxembourgish Kanner

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishKanner—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic timrą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *timr →