Schong

Etymology
From (attested in Ripuarian form as ), north-western plural of, from , from.

The plural form was reinterpreted as a singular, as also happened in modern Ripuarian, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬 (whereas 🇨🇬 retains , plural ). From this singular, then, new inflected and plural forms (, etc.) were construed, which underwent the regular Luxembourgish velarisation into. Ultimately this stem was adopted as a new basic form. Compare the more original situation with two stems in, plural.

Noun

 * 1) shoe