Where does “אייגננוץ” come from?

אייגננוץ (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish נוץ, from German nütz, from Old High German nuz, from Proto-West Germanic hnut, from Proto-Germanic hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

אייגננוץ (Yiddish): selfishness, self-interest, egoism

Definitions

  1. selfishness, self-interest, egoism

Ancestry of “אייגננוץ”, step by step

אייגננוץ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish נוץ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishנוץuse; usefulness
2Germannützsingular imperative of nützen; first-person...
3Old High Germannuznut; use
4Proto-West Germanichnutnut
5Proto-Germanichnutsnut
6Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
7Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

via Yiddish אייגן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאייגןown
2Old High Germaneiganown; possession, property
3Proto-West Germanicaiganto possess, to own, to have; own
4Proto-Germanic*aiganą—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eh₂óyḱeto possess, to own
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eyḱ-to possess, to own
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnuts →