Where does “אוזער” come from?

אוזער (Yiddish) comes from Polish wzór, from Old Polish wzór, from Proto-Slavic *vъzorъ — sight.

אוזער (Yiddish): pattern

Definitions

  1. pattern

Ancestry of “אוזער”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishwzórrole model
2Old Polishwzórexample
3Proto-Slavic*vъzorъsight
Every word from Proto-Slavic *vъzorъ →Every word from Old Polish wzór →Every word from Polish wzór →