Where does “Drotfensta” come from?

Drotfensta (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Fensta, from Middle Low German venster, from Old Saxon *fenstar, from Proto-West Germanic *fenestr, from Latin fenestra, from Etruscan *𐌚𐌍𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌀.

Drotfensta (Plautdietsch): screen window

Definitions

  1. screen window

Ancestry of “Drotfensta”, step by step

Drotfensta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Fensta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschFenstawindow
2Middle Low Germanvenster—
3Old Saxon*fenstar—
4Proto-West Germanic*fenestrwindow
5Latinfenestraa window, an opening for light; a breach; a...
6Etruscan*𐌚𐌍𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌀—

via Plautdietsch Drot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschDrotwire; thread
Every word from Etruscan *𐌚𐌍𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌀 →Every word from Latin fenestra →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *fenestr →