Where does “אָפּ־” come from?

אָפּ־ (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish לייגן, from Middle High German legen, from Old High German legen, from Proto-West Germanic laggjan, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

אָפּ־ (Yiddish): off

Definitions

  1. off

Ancestry of “אָפּ־”, step by step

אָפּ־ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish לייגן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishלייגןto put, lay; lay down
2Middle High Germanlegento lay, to put into a horizontal position
3Old High Germanlegen—
4Proto-West Germaniclaggjanto lay, to place
5Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Proto-Germanic *ab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*ab—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “אָפּ־”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lagjaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic laggjan →