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Where does “אָנהייבן” come from?

אָנהייבן (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.

אָנהייבן (Yiddish): to begin; plural of אָנהייב

Definitions

  1. to begin; plural of אָנהייב

Ancestry of “אָנהייבן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאָנ־Increases specificity of the action
2Yiddishטאָןto do
3Middle High Germantuon—
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

Words derived from “אָנהייבן”

  • אָנהייבן
  • אָנהייב
  • אָנהייבער
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →