Where does “wollekeg” come from?
wollekeg (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish -eg, from Old High German -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
wollekeg (Luxembourgish): cloudy
Ancestry of “wollekeg”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Luxembourgish | -eg | -y, forming adjectives from nouns or verb stems |
| 2 | Old High German | -ig | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |