Where does “Leemstrikja” come from?

Leemstrikja (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Leem, from Middle Low German *lêm, from Old Saxon *lēm, from Proto-West Germanic *laimō, from Proto-Germanic laimô, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

Leemstrikja (Plautdietsch): potter

Definitions

  1. potter

Ancestry of “Leemstrikja”, step by step

Leemstrikja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Leem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschLeemloam, clay
2Middle Low German*lêm—
3Old Saxon*lēm—
4Proto-West Germanic*laimō—
5Proto-Germaniclaimôclay
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

via Plautdietsch Strikja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschStrikjawhetting tool
2Plautdietsch-a—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic laimô →