Where does “אויסמשלען” come from?
אויסמשלען (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish משלען, from Yiddish ־ען, from Yiddish ־ן, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
אויסמשלען (Yiddish): to explain, clarify
Definitions
- to explain, clarify
Ancestry of “אויסמשלען”, step by step
אויסמשלען traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish משלען
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | משלען | to give as example, illustrate, depict, describe |
| 2 | Yiddish | ־ען | Alternative form of ־ן |
| 3 | Yiddish | ־ן | The infinitive marker for verbs, which can be... |
| 4 | Middle High German | -en | — |
| 5 | Old High German | -īn | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
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 |