Where does “jiddisch” come from?

jiddisch (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German jiddisch, from English Yiddish, from Yiddish ייִדיש, from Yiddish ייִד, from Middle High German jüde, from Old High German judo, from Latin Iūdaeus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος — Judas; Judah, Judas.

jiddisch (Norwegian Bokmål): Yiddish

Definitions

  1. Yiddish

Ancestry of “jiddisch”, step by step

jiddisch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German jiddisch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanjiddischYiddish
2EnglishYiddishOf or pertaining to the Yiddish language; Jewish;...
3YiddishייִדישJewish; Yiddish
4Yiddishייִדa Jew
5Middle High Germanjüdea Jew
6Old High Germanjudo—
7LatinIūdaeusJewish, of or pertaining to the Jewish people
8Ancient GreekἸουδαῖοςJew or Judean
9Ancient GreekἸουδάJudah
10HebrewיְהוּדָהJudas; Judah, Judas

via German Jiddisch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanJiddischYiddish
Every word from Hebrew יְהוּדָה →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἰουδά →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος →