Where does “Froagtieekjen” come from?

Froagtieekjen (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch froagen, from Middle Dutch vrâgen, from Old Saxon fragon, from Old Saxon frāga, from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, from Proto-Germanic frēgō, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

Froagtieekjen (Plautdietsch): question mark

Definitions

  1. question mark

Ancestry of “Froagtieekjen”, step by step

Froagtieekjen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch froagen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschfroagento ask for, to request
2Middle Dutchvrâgento ask
3Old Saxonfragonto ask, demand
4Old Saxonfrāgaquestion
5Proto-West Germanic*frāguquestion
6Proto-Germanicfrēgōquestion
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—

via Plautdietsch Tieekjen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschTieekjensign
2Middle Dutchtêkenmark, sign
3Old Dutchtēkan—
4Proto-West Germanictaiknsign, token, symbol
5Proto-Germanictaiknąsign, token, symbol
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic frēgō →