Where does “Himmelfarnrua” come from?

Himmelfarnrua (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Himmel, from Middle Low German hemmel, from Old Saxon himil, from Proto-West Germanic himil — sky; heaven.

Himmelfarnrua (Plautdietsch): observatory

Definitions

  1. observatory

Ancestry of “Himmelfarnrua”, step by step

Himmelfarnrua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Himmel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschHimmelsky; heaven
2Middle Low Germanhemmelheaven, sky
3Old Saxonhimilheaven, sky
4Proto-West Germanichimilsky; heaven

via Plautdietsch Farnrua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschFarnruatelescope
2PlautdietschRuapipe, tube
Every word from Proto-West Germanic himil →Every word from Old Saxon himil →Every word from Middle Low German hemmel →