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Where does “איטאַליענער” come from?

איטאַליענער (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־ער, from Middle High German -er, from Old Dutch -iro, from Proto-Bantu ì- — Class 5 noun prefix.

Ancestry of “איטאַליענער”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־ער-er
2Middle High German-er—
3Old Dutch-iro—
4Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix
Every word from Proto-Bantu ì- →