Where does “אויסמענטשלען” come from?
אויסמענטשלען (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish מענטשלען, from Yiddish מענטש, from Middle High German mensch, from Old High German mennisko, from Proto-West Germanic *mannisk, from Proto-Germanic manniskaz, from Proto-Germanic *mann-, from Proto-Indo-European men- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
אויסמענטשלען (Yiddish): to become respectable, to become mature
Definitions
- to become respectable, to become mature
Ancestry of “אויסמענטשלען”, step by step
אויסמענטשלען traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish מענטשלען
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | מענטשלען | become mature |
| 2 | Yiddish | מענטש | human; mensch; an honorable person; a gentleman |
| 3 | Middle High German | mensch | — |
| 4 | Old High German | mennisko | a man; a human; a human being |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *mannisk | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | manniskaz | human |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *mann- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |
via Yiddish אויס־
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | אויס־ | out- |
| 2 | Yiddish | מאַכן | to make, create; to do; to say |
| 3 | Middle High German | machen | to make |
| 4 | Old High German | mahhōn | to make, work; to make, do |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | makōn | to build, work, make |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | makaz | fit, suitable, agreeable, comfortable |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | maǵ- | to oil, knead; to knead, oil |