Where does “Lankhauls” come from?

Lankhauls (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Hauls, from Middle Low German hals, from Old Saxon hals, from Proto-West Germanic hals, from Proto-Germanic halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European kólsos.

Lankhauls (Plautdietsch): middle finger

Definitions

  1. middle finger

Ancestry of “Lankhauls”, step by step

Lankhauls traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Hauls

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschHaulsneck
2Middle Low Germanhals—
3Old Saxonhals—
4Proto-West Germanichalsneck, throat
5Proto-Germanichalsazneck, throat
6Proto-Indo-Europeankólsos—

via Plautdietsch lank

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschlanklong (in physical measure), tall
2Middle Low Germanlank—
3Old Saxonlanglong
4Proto-West Germaniclanglong
5Proto-Germaniclangazlong
6Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kólsos →Every word from Proto-Germanic halsaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hals →