Where does “אָפּהאַלטן” come from?

אָפּהאַלטן (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.

אָפּהאַלטן (Yiddish): to stop, prevent

Definitions

  1. to stop, prevent

Ancestry of “אָפּהאַלטן”, step by step

אָפּהאַלטן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish אָפּ־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאָפּ־off
2Yiddishלייגןto put, lay; lay down
3Middle High Germanlegento lay, to put into a horizontal position
4Old High Germanlegen—
5Proto-West Germaniclaggjanto lay, to place
6Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Yiddish האַלטן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishהאַלטןto hold; to stop; to be of the opinion that
2Old High Germanhaltanto hold
3Proto-West Germanichaldanto hold; to keep
4Proto-Germanichaldanąto hold, to keep
5Proto-Indo-Europeankel-to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lagjaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic laggjan →