Where does “Schoowikjsa” come from?

Schoowikjsa (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Schoo, from Middle Low German schō, from Old Saxon skōh, from Proto-West Germanic skōh, from Proto-Germanic skōhaz, from Proto-Indo-European skewk-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew- — to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...

Schoowikjsa (Plautdietsch): bootblack

Definitions

  1. bootblack

Ancestry of “Schoowikjsa”, step by step

Schoowikjsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Schoo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschSchooshoe
2Middle Low Germanschō—
3Old Saxonskōhshoe
4Proto-West Germanicskōhshoe
5Proto-Germanicskōhazshoe
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskewk-—
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kew-to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...

via Plautdietsch Wikjsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschWikjsahuge fellow
2Plautdietsch-a—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skōhaz →