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Where does “אונטערשרײַבן” come from?

אונטערשרײַבן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish שרײַבן, from Yiddish טיש, from Old High German tisc, from Proto-West Germanic disk, from Latin discus, from Proto-Italic diskō, from Proto-Italic dikskō, from Proto-Indo-European di-dḱ-ské-ti — take; perceive.

אונטערשרײַבן (Yiddish): to sign

Definitions

  1. to sign

Ancestry of “אונטערשרײַבן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשרײַבןto write
2Yiddishטישtable
3Old High Germantiscplate
4Proto-West Germanicdiskdish
5Latindiscusa discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;...
6Proto-Italicdiskōlearn
7Proto-Italicdikskō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandi-dḱ-ské-ti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeandeḱ-take; perceive
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