Where does “אייניקייט” come from?
אייניקייט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־קייט, from Yiddish ־יק, from Middle High German -ec, from Old High German -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
אייניקייט (Yiddish): unity
Definitions
- unity
Ancestry of “אייניקייט”, step by step
אייניקייט traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish ־קייט
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ־קייט | -ness; -ity; -hood; -ship |
| 2 | Yiddish | ־יק | -y, -ic |
| 3 | Middle High German | -ec | — |
| 4 | Old High German | -ig | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via Yiddish אייניק
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | אייניק | — |