Where does “Aufgangsrua” come from?

Aufgangsrua (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Aufgank, from German auf-, from German auf, from Middle High German ūf, from Old High German ūf, from Proto-Germanic upp, from Proto-Germanic ub, from Proto-Indo-European upó.

Aufgangsrua (Plautdietsch): sewer pipe

Definitions

  1. sewer pipe

Ancestry of “Aufgangsrua”, step by step

Aufgangsrua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Aufgank

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschAufgankgarbage, refuse, rubbish, trash
2Germanauf-A separable prefix; similar to English up up-;...
3Germanaufon, upon; on, onto, up; on
4Middle High Germanūfon, upon
5Old High Germanūfup
6Proto-Germanicuppup, upwards
7Proto-Germanicubunder
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-

via Plautdietsch Rua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschRuapipe, tube
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-