Where does “אונטערהאָדעווען” come from?
אונטערהאָדעווען (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אונטער, from Old High German untar, from Proto-Germanic under, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.
אונטערהאָדעווען (Yiddish): to nourish, to improve the ordinary fare
Definitions
- to nourish, to improve the ordinary fare
Ancestry of “אונטערהאָדעווען”, step by step
אונטערהאָדעווען traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish אונטער
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | אונטער | under |
| 2 | Old High German | untar | under |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | under | among, between; under, beneath; under |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |
via Yiddish האָדעווען
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | האָדעווען | to raise, rear |
| 2 | Polish | hodować | to breed, to rear; to grow |
| 3 | Ukrainian | годува́ти | to feed, to nourish |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | *godovati | — |
via Ukrainian підгодувати
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | підгодувати | to feed, to feed up, to keep fed with food |
| 2 | Ukrainian | під- | upwards describing an action of moving from the bottom up |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | podъ- | under- |