Where does “אָרעמקייט” come from?
אָרעמקייט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־קייט, from Yiddish ־יק, from Middle High German -ec, from Old High German -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
אָרעמקייט (Yiddish): poverty
Definitions
- poverty
Ancestry of “אָרעמקייט”, step by step
אָרעמקייט traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish ־קייט
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ־קייט | -ness; -ity; -hood; -ship |
| 2 | Yiddish | ־יק | -y, -ic |
| 3 | Middle High German | -ec | — |
| 4 | Old High German | -ig | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via Yiddish אָרעם
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | אָרעם | arm; poor; miserable |
| 2 | Middle High German | arm | — |
| 3 | Old High German | arm | arm; poor, miserable |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | arm | arm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | armaz | arm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ermos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |