Where does “אויבנאָן” come from?

אויבנאָן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אויבן, from Middle High German oben, from Old High German obana, from Proto-Germanic *obanā, from Proto-Germanic ubanē, from Proto-Germanic upp, from Proto-Germanic ub, from Proto-Indo-European upó.

אויבנאָן (Yiddish): head of the table

Definitions

  1. head of the table

Ancestry of “אויבנאָן”, step by step

אויבנאָן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish אויבן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאויבןabove
2Middle High Germanoben—
3Old High Germanobanaabove
4Proto-Germanic*obanā—
5Proto-Germanicubanēfrom above
6Proto-Germanicuppup, upwards
7Proto-Germanicubunder
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

via Yiddish אן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאן' Unpointed form of אַן; ' Unpointed form of אָן
2Middle High Germananon
3Old High Germanānawithout
4Proto-West Germanicanaon
5Proto-Germanic*an—
6Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Germanic ub →