Where does “אַליין־דרך־ארץ” come from?

אַליין־דרך־ארץ (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אַליין, from Middle High German al-ein.

אַליין־דרך־ארץ (Yiddish): self-respect

Definitions

  1. self-respect

Ancestry of “אַליין־דרך־ארץ”, step by step

אַליין־דרך־ארץ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish אַליין

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאַלייןalone
2Middle High Germanal-ein—

via Yiddish דרך־ארץ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishדרך־ארץrespect
2Hebrewדֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ—
Every word from Middle High German al-ein →Every word from Yiddish אַליין →