Where does “Goltstekj” come from?

Goltstekj (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Stekj, from Middle Low German stucke, from Old Saxon stukki, from Proto-West Germanic stukkī, from Proto-Germanic stukkiją, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.

Goltstekj (Plautdietsch): gold piece

Definitions

  1. gold piece

Ancestry of “Goltstekj”, step by step

Goltstekj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Stekj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschStekjpiece, component
2Middle Low Germanstuckepiece, part, fragment
3Old Saxonstukki—
4Proto-West Germanicstukkīpiece
5Proto-Germanicstukkijąstump; piece
6Proto-Indo-European(s)tewg-to push, to hit
7Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

via Plautdietsch Golt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschGoltgold
2Middle Low Germangôlt—
3Old Saxongōld—
4Proto-West Germanicgolþgold
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