Where does “Kossenmalkja” come from?

Kossenmalkja (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Koss, from Polish Koza, from Proto-Slavic koža, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.

Kossenmalkja (Plautdietsch): cowbird

Definitions

  1. cowbird

Ancestry of “Kossenmalkja”, step by step

Kossenmalkja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Koss

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschKossgoat
2PolishKozagoat
3Proto-Slavickožaskin; leather
4Proto-Slavic-jaSuffix creating feminine action nouns, usually...
5Proto-Indo-European-yeh₂—

via Plautdietsch Malkja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschMalkja—
2Plautdietsch-a—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ja →Every word from Proto-Slavic koža →