Where does “Schekja” come from?
Schekja (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch schekjen, from Middle Low German schicken, from Old Saxon *skikkian, from Proto-Germanic *skikkijan.
Ancestry of “Schekja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | schekjen | to send |
| 2 | Middle Low German | schicken | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | *skikkian | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *skikkijan | — |