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Where does “אַרומגיין” come from?

אַרומגיין (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אַרומ, from Yiddish נעמען, from Middle High German nëmen, from Old High German neman, from Proto-West Germanic neman, from Proto-Germanic nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European nem- — to distribute; to give, to take.

אַרומגיין (Yiddish): to go around

Definitions

  1. to go around

Ancestry of “אַרומגיין”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאַרומ—
2Yiddishנעמעןto take, obtain; to get, receive; plural of...
3Middle High Germannëmen—
4Old High Germannemanto take
5Proto-West Germanicnemanto take
6Proto-Germanicnemanąto take
7Proto-Indo-Europeannem-to distribute; to give, to take
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