Where does “Jiezkjniepa” come from?

Jiezkjniepa (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Kjniepa, from Plautdietsch -a.

Jiezkjniepa (Plautdietsch): miser, tightwad

Definitions

  1. miser, tightwad

Ancestry of “Jiezkjniepa”, step by step

Jiezkjniepa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Kjniepa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschKjniepabeetle
2Plautdietsch-a

via Plautdietsch Jiez

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschJiezgreed, avarice
Every word from Plautdietsch -aEvery word from Plautdietsch Kjniepa
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