Where does “heemschécken” come from?
heemschécken (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish schécken, from Middle High German schicken, from Middle High German geschehen, from Old High German giskehan, from Proto-West Germanic *skehan, from Proto-Germanic skehaną, from Proto-Indo-European sḱek- — to pass, happen.
heemschécken (Luxembourgish): to send home
Definitions
- to send home
Ancestry of “heemschécken”, step by step
heemschécken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Luxembourgish schécken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | schécken | to send |
| 2 | Middle High German | schicken | to outfit oneself, fit in, arrange appropriately |
| 3 | Middle High German | geschehen | to happen, rush |
| 4 | Old High German | giskehan | to happen |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *skehan | to move quickly |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skehaną | to jump; spring up; to emerge; come up; happen |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱek- | to pass, happen |
via Luxembourgish Heem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | Heem | home |
| 2 | Old High German | heim | village, home; home; dwelling, house |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | haim | home |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |