Where does “אידענטיטעט” come from?
אידענטיטעט (Yiddish) comes from Latin identitas, from Latin idem, from Proto-Italic izdim.
אידענטיטעט (Yiddish): identity
Ancestry of “אידענטיטעט”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | identitas | sameness, identity |
| 2 | Latin | idem | the same |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | izdim | — |