Where does “אָנשפּאַרן” come from?

אָנשפּאַרן (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.

אָנשפּאַרן (Yiddish): to lean

Definitions

  1. to lean

Ancestry of “אָנשפּאַרן”, step by step

אָנשפּאַרן 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 שפּאַרן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשפּאַרןto press
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁t →Every word from Proto-Germanic dōną →