Where does “אָפּבײַסן” come from?
אָפּבײַסן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אָפּ־, 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.
אָפּבײַסן (Yiddish): to bite off
Definitions
- to bite off
Ancestry of “אָפּבײַסן”, step by step
אָפּבײַסן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish אָפּ־
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | אָפּ־ | off |
| 2 | Yiddish | לייגן | to put, lay; lay down |
| 3 | Middle High German | legen | to lay, to put into a horizontal position |
| 4 | Old High German | legen | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | laggjan | to lay, to place |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lagjaną | to lay, to place in a resting position |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |