Where does “Hoafstkjikjel” come from?

Hoafstkjikjel (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Hoafst, from Middle English hervest, from Old English hærfest, from Proto-West Germanic harbist, from Proto-Germanic harbistaz, from Proto-Germanic harbaz, from Proto-Indo-European kerp-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

Hoafstkjikjel (Plautdietsch): chick born in the autumn

Definitions

  1. chick born in the autumn

Ancestry of “Hoafstkjikjel”, step by step

Hoafstkjikjel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Hoafst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschHoafstautumn, fall
2Middle Englishhervestautumn, fall; harvest
3Old Englishhærfestharvest; autumn
4Proto-West Germanicharbistharvest
5Proto-Germanicharbistazharvest; autumn, fall
6Proto-Germanicharbaz
7Proto-Indo-Europeankerp-to pluck, harvest
8Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

via Plautdietsch Kjikjel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschKjikjelchick, young bird
2Old Saxonkiukīn
3Proto-Germanic*kiukīn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kerp-Every word from Proto-Germanic harbaz
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