Where does “Feschei” come from?
Feschei (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Ei, from Middle Low German ei, from Old Saxon ei, from Proto-West Germanic aij, from English ice, from Middle English is, from Old English īs, from Proto-West Germanic īs — ice, frost.
Feschei (Plautdietsch): caviar
Definitions
- caviar
Ancestry of “Feschei”, step by step
Feschei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Ei
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Ei | egg |
| 2 | Middle Low German | ei | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | ei | egg |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | aij | egg |
| 5 | English | ice | Water in frozen form; Any frozen volatile... |
| 6 | Middle English | is | ice; That which is short-lived like ice; icy... |
| 7 | Old English | īs | ice |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | īs | ice |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | īsą | ice |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eyH- | ice, frost |