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
- bread starter
Ancestry of “Häwmenjsel”, step by step
Häwmenjsel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Menjsel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Menjsel | mixture, medley |
| 2 | Plautdietsch | -sel | Creates nouns indicating something which performs or has undergone an action, or something which results from the action |
| 3 | Middle Low German | -else | Creating a noun from a verb, denoting something... |
| 4 | Old Saxon | -isli | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -islī | Used to form nouns from verbs denoting something... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Plautdietsch Häw
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Häw | yeast |