Where does “Nervesee” come from?

Nervesee (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.

Nervesee (Luxembourgish): pain in the neck, pain in the ass

Definitions

  1. pain in the neck, pain in the ass

Ancestry of “Nervesee”, step by step

Nervesee 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 Nerv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishNervnerve
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷe- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sagǭ →