Where does “אַנטלאָפֿן” come from?
אַנטלאָפֿן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אַנטלויפֿן, from Yiddish לויפֿן, from Middle High German loufen, from Old High German hloufan, from Proto-West Germanic hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.
אַנטלאָפֿן (Yiddish): escaped
Ancestry of “אַנטלאָפֿן”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | אַנטלויפֿן | plural of אַנטלויףֿ; to escape, to flee |
| 2 | Yiddish | לויפֿן | to run, to hurry; to run fast |
| 3 | Middle High German | loufen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | hloufan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hlaupan | to jump forward, to leap |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |