Where does “aufhenjich” come from?
aufhenjich (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch aufhenjen, from Plautdietsch henjen, from Middle Low German hengen, from Old Saxon hengian, from Proto-West Germanic *hangijan, from Proto-Germanic hangijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
aufhenjich (Plautdietsch): dependent upon
Definitions
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Ancestry of “aufhenjich”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | aufhenjen | to hang away |
| 2 | Plautdietsch | henjen | to hang |
| 3 | Middle Low German | hengen | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | hengian | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *hangijan | to cause to hang |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hangijaną | to cause to hang |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |