Where does “Rintfleesch” come from?
Rintfleesch (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Rint, from Middle Low German rint, from Old Saxon *hrind, from Proto-West Germanic hrinþ, from Proto-Germanic hrinþaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱrént-os ~ ḱrn̥t-és-s, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂- — head, top; horn.
Rintfleesch (Plautdietsch): beef
Definitions
- beef
Ancestry of “Rintfleesch”, step by step
Rintfleesch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Rint
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Rint | a head of cattle, a bovine animal |
| 2 | Middle Low German | rint | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | *hrind | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hrinþ | head of cattle |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hrinþaz | A horned beast, as in a neat or ox |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱrént-os ~ ḱrn̥t-és-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱerh₂- | head, top; horn |