Where does “Häwmenjsel” come from?

Häwmenjsel (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Menjsel, from Plautdietsch -sel, from Middle Low German -else, from Old Saxon -isli, from Proto-West Germanic -islī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Häwmenjsel (Plautdietsch): bread starter

Definitions

  1. bread starter

Ancestry of “Häwmenjsel”, step by step

Häwmenjsel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Menjsel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschMenjselmixture, medley
2Plautdietsch-selCreates nouns indicating something which performs or has undergone an action, or something which results from the action
3Middle Low German-elseCreating a noun from a verb, denoting something...
4Old Saxon-isli
5Proto-West Germanic-islīUsed to form nouns from verbs denoting something...
6Proto-West Germanic-ness, -th
7Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Plautdietsch Häw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschHäwyeast
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂