Where does “jiddereen” come from?
jiddereen (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish jidder, 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 — The primary interrogative root.
jiddereen (Luxembourgish): everyone, everybody; anyone, anybody
Definitions
- everyone, everybody; anyone, anybody
Ancestry of “jiddereen”, step by step
jiddereen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Luxembourgish jidder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | jidder | each, every |
| 2 | Middle High German | ieder | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | ieweder | — |
| 4 | Old High German | ioweder | both; each |
| 5 | Old High German | wedar | which |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hwaþar | which |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hwaþeraz | which, what |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷóteros | which of two |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷos | See *kʷis |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷ- | The primary interrogative root |