Where does “Motorsee” come from?

Motorsee (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish See, from Old High German saga, from Proto-West Germanic sagā, from Proto-Germanic sagǭ, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷe-, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

Motorsee (Luxembourgish): chainsaw

Definitions

  1. chainsaw

Ancestry of “Motorsee”, step by step

Motorsee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish See

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishSeesaw
2Old High Germansagastory
3Proto-West Germanicsagāstory
4Proto-Germanicsagǭstory
5Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷe-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

via Luxembourgish Motor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishMotorengine, motor
2Latinmotodative masculine singular of mōtus; dative neuter...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷe- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sagǭ →