Where does “Ieedgank” come from?

Ieedgank (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Ieed, from Middle Low German ērde, from Old Saxon ertha, from Proto-West Germanic erþu, from Proto-Germanic erþō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.

Ieedgank (Plautdietsch): tunnel, underground passage

Definitions

  1. tunnel, underground passage

Ancestry of “Ieedgank”, step by step

Ieedgank traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Ieed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschIeedsoil, ground, earth
2Middle Low Germanērde—
3Old Saxonerthaearth, ground
4Proto-West Germanicerþuearth, world; earth, soil
5Proto-Germanicerþōearth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

via Plautdietsch Gank

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschGankhallway
2Middle Low Germanganc—
3Old Saxongang—
4Proto-West Germanic*gangpace, step, gait
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- →Every word from Proto-Germanic erþō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic erþu →
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