Where does “Achtdoagestiet” come from?
Achtdoagestiet (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Dach, from Low German Dag, from Middle Low German dach, from Old Saxon dag, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.
Achtdoagestiet (Plautdietsch): a span of eight days
Definitions
- a span of eight days
Ancestry of “Achtdoagestiet”, step by step
Achtdoagestiet traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Dach
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Dach | day |
| 2 | Low German | Dag | day |
| 3 | Middle Low German | dach | day; daylight, brightness |
| 4 | Old Saxon | dag | day |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | dag | day |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | dagaz | day; name of the D-rune |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰegʷʰ- | to burn; warm, hot |