Where does “אונטערשפּאַרן” come from?

אונטערשפּאַרן (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.

אונטערשפּאַרן (Yiddish): to consolidate, to support, to prop up

Definitions

  1. to consolidate, to support, to prop up

Ancestry of “אונטערשפּאַרן”, step by step

אונטערשפּאַרן 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 שפּאַרן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשפּאַרןto press
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁en →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér →Every word from Proto-Germanic under →