Where does “autem” come from?
I appreciate the task, but I need to flag an issue: the chain provided appears incomplete or corrupted. It shows only "Yiddish אַ" with no further etymological steps, and the headword "autem" (a Latin conjunction meaning "but/however") doesn't connect logically to Yiddish א (the Yiddish indefinite article "a").
To write an accurate one-sentence etymology, I would need:
- The complete chain showing how autem descended through languages
- Clarification on whether this is actually about the English word "autem" (if it exists) or a different headword
- The meanings at each stage to trace sense development
Could you provide the full etymological chain? I want to ensure the summary is historically accurate rather than speculative.
autem (English): a church; Married
Ancestry of “autem”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | אַ | a, an |
| 2 | Middle High German | ein | one |
| 3 | Old High German | ein | one; only |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | ain | one |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ainaz | one; some |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | óynos | one; single |
Words derived from “autem”