Where does “אָפּשיקער” come from?
אָפּשיקער (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אָפּשיקן, from Yiddish שיקן, from Middle High German schicken, from Middle High German geschehen, from Old High German giskehan, from Proto-West Germanic *skehan, from Proto-Germanic skehaną, from Proto-Indo-European sḱek- — to pass, happen.
אָפּשיקער (Yiddish): sender
Definitions
- sender
Ancestry of “אָפּשיקער”, step by step
אָפּשיקער traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish אָפּשיקן
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | אָפּשיקן | to send off (letter etc.) |
| 2 | Yiddish | שיקן | to send |
| 3 | Middle High German | schicken | to outfit oneself, fit in, arrange appropriately |
| 4 | Middle High German | geschehen | to happen, rush |
| 5 | Old High German | giskehan | to happen |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *skehan | to move quickly |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skehaną | to jump; spring up; to emerge; come up; happen |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱek- | to pass, happen |