Where does “Ouschterhues” come from?
Ouschterhues (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Hues, from Spanish juez, from Old Spanish juez, from Latin iūdex, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Ouschterhues (Luxembourgish): Easter Bunny
Definitions
- Easter Bunny
Ancestry of “Ouschterhues”, step by step
Ouschterhues traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Luxembourgish Hues
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | Hues | hare; darling; stocking |
| 2 | Spanish | juez | judge; umpire; referee; official |
| 3 | Old Spanish | juez | judge |
| 4 | Latin | iūdex | judge |
| 5 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 6 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Luxembourgish Ouschteren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | Ouschteren | Easter |
| 2 | Old High German | ōstara | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | Austrǭ | springtime, Easter; a goddess of spring and... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ews- | dawn; east; to draw water, scoop up |