Where does “אָפּזאָגן” come from?

אָפּזאָגן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish זאָגן, from Middle High German sagen, from Old High German sagēn, from Proto-West Germanic saggjan, from Proto-Germanic sagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷ-h₁-yé-, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

אָפּזאָגן (Yiddish): to fire, terminate, lay off to terminate employment by the employer

Definitions

  1. to fire, terminate, lay off to terminate employment by the employer

Ancestry of “אָפּזאָגן”, step by step

אָפּזאָגן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish זאָגן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishזאָגןto say; to tell
2Middle High Germansagento say
3Old High Germansagēnto say
4Proto-West Germanicsaggjanto say
5Proto-Germanicsagjanąto say
6Proto-Indo-Europeansokʷ-h₁-yé-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sokʷ-h₁-yé- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sagjaną →