Where does “Henjbrigj” come from?
Henjbrigj (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Brigj, from Middle Low German brügge, from Old Saxon bruggia, from Old French Bruges, from Old Dutch Bruges, from Old Dutch brugga, from Proto-West Germanic bruggju, from Proto-Germanic brugjǭ — to boil, brew.
Henjbrigj (Plautdietsch): suspension bridge
Definitions
- suspension bridge
Ancestry of “Henjbrigj”, step by step
Henjbrigj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Brigj
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Brigj | bridge |
| 2 | Middle Low German | brügge | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | bruggia | bridge |
| 4 | Old French | Bruges | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | Bruges | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | brugga | bridge |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | bruggju | bridge |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | brugjǭ | bridge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerw- | to boil, brew |
via Plautdietsch henjen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | henjen | to hang |
| 2 | Middle Low German | hengen | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | hengian | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *hangijan | to cause to hang |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hangijaną | to cause to hang |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |