Where does “אָפּוואַלגערן” come from?

אָפּוואַלגערן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אָפּ, from Middle High German abe, from Old High German ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

אָפּוואַלגערן (Yiddish): to be homeless

Definitions

  1. to be homeless

Ancestry of “אָפּוואַלגערן”, step by step

אָפּוואַלגערן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish אָפּ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאָפּoff
2Middle High Germanabe—
3Old High Germanabof
4Proto-Germanic*ab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

via Yiddish וואַלגערן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishוואַלגערןto roll
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Old High German ab →