Where does “Wauntlatoarn” come from?

Wauntlatoarn (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Waunt, from Middle Low German want, from Old Saxon wand, from Proto-West Germanic *wandu, from Proto-Germanic wanduz, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

Wauntlatoarn (Plautdietsch): sconce

Definitions

  1. sconce

Ancestry of “Wauntlatoarn”, step by step

Wauntlatoarn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Waunt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschWauntwall
2Middle Low Germanwant—
3Old Saxonwandmole, vole
4Proto-West Germanic*wandu—
5Proto-Germanicwanduzmole; vole; rod, switch, stick
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

via Plautdietsch Latoarn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschLatoarnlantern
2Latinlanternalantern, lamp; torch
3Ancient Greekλαμπτήρlighter, torch, lantern
4Ancient Greek-τήρAdded to verb stems to form masculine agent nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →