Where does “אויפֿוועקן” come from?

אויפֿוועקן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אויף, from Middle High German ūf, from Old High German ūf, from Proto-Germanic upp, from Proto-Germanic ub, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

אויפֿוועקן (Yiddish): to wake, to wake up

Definitions

  1. to wake, to wake up

Ancestry of “אויפֿוועקן”, step by step

אויפֿוועקן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish אויף

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאויףon, upon; in; at
2Middle High Germanūfon, upon
3Old High Germanūfup
4Proto-Germanicuppup, upwards
5Proto-Germanicubunder
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

via Yiddish וועקן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishוועקן—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Germanic ub →