Where does “אַמאָליק” come from?

אַמאָליק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־יק, from Middle High German -ec, from Old High German -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

אַמאָליק (Yiddish): former, one-time

Definitions

  1. former, one-time

Ancestry of “אַמאָליק”, step by step

אַמאָליק traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ־יק

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־יק-y, -ic
2Middle High German-ec
3Old High German-ig
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Yiddish [[אַ מאָל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish[[אַ מאָל

via Yiddish אַמאָל]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאַמאָל]]
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱosEvery word from Proto-Germanic -gazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic -g