Where does “אָנדענק” come from?

אָנדענק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אָנ־, from Yiddish טאָן, from Middle High German tuon, from Old High German tuon, from Proto-West Germanic dōn, from Proto-Germanic dōną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁t, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

אָנדענק (Yiddish): memory, remembrance

Definitions

  1. memory, remembrance

Ancestry of “אָנדענק”, step by step

אָנדענק traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish אָנ־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאָנ־Increases specificity of the action
2Yiddishטאָןto do
3Middle High Germantuonto do
4Old High Germantuonto do; to make
5Proto-West Germanicdōnto do; to put, to place
6Proto-Germanicdōnąto do, make; to put, place
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéh₁tto put, to place; to do
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Yiddish דענקען

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishדענקעןto think, cogitate, ponder
2Middle High Germandenken—
3Old High Germandenkento think
4Proto-West Germanicþankijanto think
5Proto-Germanicþankijanąto perceive, to think
6Proto-Indo-Europeanteng-to think

Words derived from “אָנדענק”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁t →Every word from Proto-Germanic dōną →