Where does “Hinjasecht” come from?

Hinjasecht (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Secht, from Middle Low German sichte, from Middle Low German sicht, from Old Saxon sihti, from Proto-West Germanic sihti, from Proto-West Germanic sehwan, from Proto-Germanic sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

Hinjasecht (Plautdietsch): hindsight, retrospect

Definitions

  1. hindsight, retrospect

Ancestry of “Hinjasecht”, step by step

Hinjasecht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Secht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschSechtsight
2Middle Low Germansichteto sieve
3Middle Low Germansicht—
4Old Saxonsihti—
5Proto-West Germanicsihtiseeing, sight
6Proto-West Germanicsehwanto see
7Proto-Germanicsehwanąto see
8Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

via Plautdietsch hinja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschhinjabehind
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehwaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sehwan →