Where does “אַגבֿדיק” come from?

אַגבֿדיק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אַגבֿ, from Hebrew אגב, from Aramaic אגב, from Aramaic עַל גַּב.

אַגבֿדיק (Yiddish): incidental

Definitions

  1. incidental

Ancestry of “אַגבֿדיק”, step by step

אַגבֿדיק traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish אַגבֿ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאַגבֿincidentally, by the way
2Hebrewאגבby the way
3Aramaicאגב
4Aramaicעַל גַּב

via Yiddish ־דיק

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־דיקForms present participles; -ish; -y
Every word from Aramaic עַל גַּבEvery word from Aramaic אגבEvery word from Hebrew אגב