Where does “נבך” come from?

נבך (Hebrew) comes from Yiddish נעבעך, from Czech nebohý, from Proto-Slavic nebogъ, from Proto-Slavic ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic nē, from Proto-Indo-European né — not; no.

נבך (Hebrew): unfortunate person; unhappy person; poor person

Definitions

  1. unfortunate person; unhappy person; poor person

Ancestry of “נבך”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishנעבעךsadly, unfortunately; unfortunate person; unhappy...
2Czechnebohýpoor
3Proto-Slavicnebogъpoor; unfortunate
4Proto-Slavicnenot
5Proto-Balto-Slavicnot
6Proto-Indo-Europeannot; no
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic Every word from Proto-Slavic ne
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