Where does “אַכלען” come from?

אַכלען (Yiddish) comes from Hebrew אכל, from Proto-Semitic ʾakal- — food; to eat; to eat.

אַכלען (Yiddish): to eat

Definitions

  1. to eat

Ancestry of “אַכלען”, step by step

אַכלען traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew אכל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewאכלto eat; to consume, to use up; to devour, to eat...
2Proto-Semiticʾakal-food; to eat; to eat

via Yiddish לען

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishלען

via Yiddish אָכַל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאָכַל

Words derived from “אַכלען

Every word from Proto-Semitic ʾakal-