Where does “Fläajkjint” come from?

Fläajkjint (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Kjint, from Middle Low German kint, from Old Saxon kind, from Proto-West Germanic kind, from Proto-Germanic kindą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

Fläajkjint (Plautdietsch): foster child

Definitions

  1. foster child

Ancestry of “Fläajkjint”, step by step

Fläajkjint traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Kjint

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschKjintchild
2Middle Low Germankint
3Old Saxonkindchild
4Proto-West Germanickindchild
5Proto-GermanickindąAlternative form of *kinþą; child; offspring
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Plautdietsch fläajen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschfläajento care for
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-Every word from Proto-Germanic kindąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic kind