Where does “איז” come from?
איז (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German ist, from Old High German ist, from Proto-West Germanic *ist, from Proto-Germanic isti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs-.
איז (Yiddish): is: third-person singular present of זײַן
Definitions
- is: third-person singular present of זײַן
Ancestry of “איז”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | ist | — |
| 2 | Old High German | ist | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *ist | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | isti | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | — |