Where does “Wäakjenenj” come from?

Wäakjenenj (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Enj, from Middle Low German ende, from Old Saxon endi, from Proto-West Germanic andī, from Proto-Germanic andijaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂entíos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

Wäakjenenj (Plautdietsch): weekend

Definitions

  1. weekend

Ancestry of “Wäakjenenj”, step by step

Wäakjenenj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Enj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschEnjend
2Middle Low Germanende—
3Old Saxonendiand; end, limit, border
4Proto-West Germanicandīend
5Proto-Germanicandijazend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂entíosfront; forehead
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Plautdietsch Wäakj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschWäakjweek
2Middle Low Germanwēke—
3Old Saxonwikaweek
4Proto-West Germanicwikāweek
5Proto-Germanicwikǭsequence; week
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyg-to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂entíos →