Where does “Kjriezgauss” come from?
Kjriezgauss (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Gauss, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂.
Kjriezgauss (Plautdietsch): crossroad
Definitions
- crossroad
Ancestry of “Kjriezgauss”, step by step
Kjriezgauss traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Gauss
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Gauss | street, road, avenue |
| 2 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 4 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 5 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |