Where does “אויגנלעדל” come from?
אויגנלעדל (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish לעדל, from Yiddish לאָדן, from Middle High German laden, from Old High German ladōn, from Proto-West Germanic laþōn, from Proto-Germanic laþōną, from Proto-Indo-European lēy- — to leave, let; to want, desire; to let; leave...
אויגנלעדל (Yiddish): eyelid
Definitions
- eyelid
Ancestry of “אויגנלעדל”, step by step
אויגנלעדל traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish לעדל
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | לעדל | eyelid; cover, hatch, lid; shutter |
| 2 | Yiddish | לאָדן | to load weapons, trucks etc |
| 3 | Middle High German | laden | — |
| 4 | Old High German | ladōn | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | laþōn | to invite |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | laþōną | to invite, to call |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lēy- | to leave, let; to want, desire; to let; leave... |