Where does “אַמפּער” come from?

אַמפּער (Yiddish) comes from Russian ампе́р — ampere.

אַמפּער (Yiddish): sorrel

Definitions

  1. sorrel

Ancestry of “אַמפּער”, step by step

אַמפּער traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian ампе́р

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianампе́рampere

via Middle High German ampfer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanampfer
Every word from Russian ампе́р
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