Where does “jidder” come from?

jidder (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German ieder, from Middle High German ieweder, from Old High German ioweder, from Old High German wedar, from Proto-West Germanic hwaþar, from Proto-Germanic hwaþeraz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷóteros, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos — The primary interrogative root.

jidder (Luxembourgish): each, every

Definitions

  1. each, every

Ancestry of “jidder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanieder—
2Middle High Germanieweder—
3Old High Germaniowederboth; each
4Old High Germanwedarwhich
5Proto-West Germanichwaþarwhich
6Proto-Germanichwaþerazwhich, what
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóteroswhich of two
8Proto-Indo-EuropeankʷosSee *kʷis
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷ-The primary interrogative root

Words derived from “jidder”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷos →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷóteros →