Where does “אַדורכן” come from?
אַדורכן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אַדורך, from Middle High German durch, from Old High German duruh, from Proto-Germanic þurhw, from Proto-Indo-European tr̥h₂kʷe, from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- — to cross over, pass through, overcome.
אַדורכן (Yiddish): to look through, browse
Ancestry of “אַדורכן”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | אַדורך | through |
| 2 | Middle High German | durch | through |
| 3 | Old High German | duruh | through |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þurhw | through |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tr̥h₂kʷe | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₂- | to cross over, pass through, overcome |