Where does “Hakjsendeena” come from?

Hakjsendeena (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Hakjs, from Middle Low German hexe, from Old Saxon *hagatusia, from Proto-West Germanic *hagatussjā — witch.

Hakjsendeena (Plautdietsch): magician

Definitions

  1. magician

Ancestry of “Hakjsendeena”, step by step

Hakjsendeena traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Hakjs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschHakjswitch, sorceress
2Middle Low Germanhexe
3Old Saxon*hagatusia
4Proto-West Germanic*hagatussjāwitch

via Plautdietsch Deena

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschDeenaservant
2Plautdietsch-a
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hagatussjāEvery word from Old Saxon *hagatusiaEvery word from Middle Low German hexe
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