Where does “Wienkjala” come from?
Wienkjala (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Kjala, from Middle Low German kellære, from Old Saxon *kellāri, from Proto-West Germanic *kellārī, from Latin cellārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om.
Wienkjala (Plautdietsch): wine cellar
Definitions
- wine cellar
Ancestry of “Wienkjala”, step by step
Wienkjala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Kjala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Kjala | basement, cellar |
| 2 | Middle Low German | kellære | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | *kellāri | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kellārī | cellar, storeroom |
| 5 | Latin | cellārium | storeroom, larder, cellar, pantry |
| 6 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 7 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via Plautdietsch Wien
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Wien | wine |