Where does “Footbrigj” come from?

Footbrigj (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Brigj, from Middle Low German brügge, from Old Saxon bruggia, from Old French Bruges, from Old Dutch Bruges, from Old Dutch brugga, from Proto-West Germanic bruggju, from Proto-Germanic brugjǭ — to boil, brew.

Footbrigj (Plautdietsch): footbridge

Definitions

  1. footbridge

Ancestry of “Footbrigj”, step by step

Footbrigj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Brigj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschBrigjbridge
2Middle Low Germanbrügge—
3Old Saxonbruggiabridge
4Old FrenchBruges—
5Old DutchBruges—
6Old Dutchbruggabridge
7Proto-West Germanicbruggjubridge
8Proto-Germanicbrugjǭbridge
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰerw-to boil, brew

via Plautdietsch Foot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschFootfoot
2Middle Low Germanvôt—
3Old Saxonfotfoot
4Proto-West Germanicfōtfoot
5Proto-Germanicfōtsfoot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
8Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brugjǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bruggju →