Where does “iwwerliwweren” come from?
iwwerliwweren (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish liwweren, from Middle High German lievern, from Middle Low German lēveren, from Latin līberāre, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob — shoe.
iwwerliwweren (Luxembourgish): to pass down, to pass on, to hand down
Definitions
- to pass down, to pass on, to hand down
Ancestry of “iwwerliwweren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | liwweren | to deliver |
| 2 | Middle High German | lievern | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | lēveren | — |
| 4 | Latin | līberāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 7 | French | lober | to lob |
| 8 | French | lob | lob |
| 9 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 10 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 11 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 12 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 13 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 14 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 15 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 16 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 17 | Latin | calceus | shoe |