Where does “Scheffelraut” come from?

Scheffelraut (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Raut, from Middle Low German rât, from Old Saxon rāt, from Proto-West Germanic rād, from Proto-Germanic rēdaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hréh₁dʰos, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

Scheffelraut (Plautdietsch): paddlewheel

Definitions

  1. paddlewheel

Ancestry of “Scheffelraut”, step by step

Scheffelraut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Raut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschRautrat
2Middle Low Germanrât
3Old Saxonrāt
4Proto-West Germanicrādadvice, counsel
5Proto-Germanicrēdazadvice, counsel
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHréh₁dʰos
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via German scheffel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanscheffelinflection of scheffeln: ## first-person singular...
2Middle Low Germanschüffel
3Old Saxonskūfla
4Proto-Germanicskuflōshovel
5Proto-Germanicskublō
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ-