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Where does “Onuerdnung” come from?

Onuerdnung (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Uerdnung, from Middle High German ordenunge, from Old High German ordinunga, from Old High German ordinōn, from Latin ordino, from Latin ordo, from Proto-Italic ord-on-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

Onuerdnung (Luxembourgish): mess, clutter, disarray

Definitions

  1. mess, clutter, disarray

Ancestry of “Onuerdnung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishUerdnungorder, tidiness
2Middle High Germanordenunge—
3Old High Germanordinunga—
4Old High Germanordinōnto put in order
5LatinordinoI arrange, put in order, organize; I rule,...
6Latinordoa methodical series, arrangement, or order;...
7Proto-Italicord-on-row, order
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
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