Where does “אונטערשט” come from?

אונטערשט (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.

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Ancestry of “אונטערשט”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאונטערunder
2Old High Germanuntarunder
3Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁en →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér →Every word from Proto-Germanic under →