Where does “Laangfëschmudder” come from?

Laangfëschmudder (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Laangfësch, from Luxembourgish laang, from Middle High German lanc, from Old High German lang, from Proto-West Germanic lang, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

Laangfëschmudder (Luxembourgish): burbot

Definitions

  1. burbot

Ancestry of “Laangfëschmudder”, step by step

Laangfëschmudder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Laangfësch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishLaangfëscheel
2Luxembourgishlaanglong
3Middle High Germanlanc—
4Old High Germanlanglong
5Proto-West Germaniclanglong
6Proto-Germaniclangazlong
7Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

via Luxembourgish Mudder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishMudderfemale animal; nut
2Middle High Germanmuotermother
3Old High Germanmuotermother
4Old Frisianmōder—
5Proto-Germanicmōdērmother
6Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lang →