Where does “אָפּשרעקן” come from?

אָפּשרעקן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish שרעקן, from Yiddish ־ן, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

אָפּשרעקן (Yiddish): to frighten away, scare off

Definitions

  1. to frighten away, scare off

Ancestry of “אָפּשרעקן”, step by step

אָפּשרעקן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish שרעקן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשרעקןto frighten
2Yiddish־ןThe infinitive marker for verbs, which can be...
3Middle High German-en—
4Old High German-īn—
5Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Yiddish אָפּ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאָפּoff
2Middle High Germanabe—
3Old High Germanabof
4Proto-Germanic*ab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnaz →Every word from Middle High German -en →