Where does “Fupjejelt” come from?

Fupjejelt (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Jelt, from Middle Low German gelt, from Old Saxon geld.

Fupjejelt (Plautdietsch): pocket money

Definitions

  1. pocket money

Ancestry of “Fupjejelt”, step by step

Fupjejelt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Jelt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschJeltmoney, currency
2Middle Low Germangelt—
3Old Saxongeld—

via Plautdietsch Fupje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschFupje—
2PlautdietschFupppocket
Every word from Old Saxon geld →