Where does “Daumpkjätel” come from?
Daumpkjätel (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Kjätel, from Middle Low German kētel, from Old Saxon ketil, from Proto-West Germanic *katil, from Proto-Germanic katilaz, from Latin catīllus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Daumpkjätel (Plautdietsch): steam engine
Definitions
- steam engine
Ancestry of “Daumpkjätel”, step by step
Daumpkjätel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Kjätel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Kjätel | engine |
| 2 | Middle Low German | kētel | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | ketil | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *katil | kettle |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | katilaz | kettle, bucket, vessel |
| 6 | Latin | catīllus | small bowl, dish, or plate |
| 7 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |