Where does “Krëppchen” come from?
Krëppchen (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish -chen, from Proto-West Germanic *-ikīn, from Proto-West Germanic -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
Krëppchen (Luxembourgish): crib; Diminutive of Krëpp
Definitions
- crib; Diminutive of Krëpp
Ancestry of “Krëppchen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Luxembourgish | -chen | creates a diminutive noun |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *-ikīn | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | -īn | Creates adjectives from nouns with the sense... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |