Where does “אָפּטאָן” come from?

אָפּטאָן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish טאָן, from Middle High German tuon, from Old High German tuon, from Proto-West Germanic dōn, from Proto-Germanic dōną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁t, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

אָפּטאָן (Yiddish): to finish doing

Definitions

  1. to finish doing

Ancestry of “אָפּטאָן”, step by step

אָפּטאָן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish טאָן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishטאָןto do
2Middle High Germantuonto do
3Old High Germantuonto do; to make
4Proto-West Germanicdōnto do; to put, to place
5Proto-Germanicdōnąto do, make; to put, place
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéh₁tto put, to place; to do
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

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 dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁t →Every word from Proto-Germanic dōną →