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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

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