Where does “אַרונטערקוקן” come from?

אַרונטערקוקן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אַרונטער, from Yiddish אונטער, from Old High German untar, from Proto-Germanic under, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.

אַרונטערקוקן (Yiddish): to look down, look underneath

Definitions

  1. to look down, look underneath

Ancestry of “אַרונטערקוקן”, step by step

אַרונטערקוקן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish אַרונטער

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאַרונטערunder, underneath
2Yiddishאונטערunder
3Old High Germanuntarunder
4Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside

via Yiddish קוקן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YiddishקוקןTo look at
2Middle High Germangücken—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁en →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér →Every word from Proto-Germanic under →