Where does “אָסאָבע” come from?

אָסאָבע (Yiddish) comes from Polish osoba, from Old Polish osoba, from Proto-Slavic osoba, from Proto-Balto-Slavic asabāˀ.

אָסאָבע (Yiddish): person

Definitions

  1. person

Ancestry of “אָסאָבע”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishosobaperson
2Old Polishosobaessence
3Proto-Slavicosobaperson
4Proto-Balto-Slavicasabāˀ—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic asabāˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic osoba →Every word from Old Polish osoba →