Where does “אונטערשטרײַכן” come from?

אונטערשטרײַכן (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.

אונטערשטרײַכן (Yiddish): to underline; to emphasize, stress

Definitions

  1. to underline; to emphasize, stress

Ancestry of “אונטערשטרײַכן”, step by step

אונטערשטרײַכן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish אונטער

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאונטערunder
2Old High Germanuntarunder
3Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside

via Yiddish שטרײַכן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשטרײַכן—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁en →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér →Every word from Proto-Germanic under →