Where does “Hakjentun” come from?
Hakjentun (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Tun, from Middle Low German tūn, from Old Saxon tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum, from Proto-Celtic dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.
Hakjentun (Plautdietsch): picket fence
Definitions
- picket fence
Ancestry of “Hakjentun”, step by step
Hakjentun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Tun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Tun | fence |
| 2 | Middle Low German | tūn | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | tūn | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 6 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via Plautdietsch Hakj
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Hakj | hedge, hedgerow |
| 2 | Middle Low German | hecke | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | *hekkia | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hakkju | hatch; fence |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | haggju | hedge |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hagjō | hedge |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kagʰyóm | enclosure, hedge |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |