Where does “אײַליק” come from?

אײַליק (Yiddish) comes 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.

אײַליק (Yiddish): urgent, pressing, hasty

Definitions

  1. urgent, pressing, hasty

Ancestry of “אײַליק”, step by step

אײַליק traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ־יק

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־יק-y, -ic
2Middle High German-ec
3Old High German-ig
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Yiddish אײַלן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאײַלןto hurry, rush
2Middle High Germanīlen
3Old High Germanīlen
4Proto-West Germanic*īlijanto make haste, hasten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱosEvery word from Proto-Germanic -gazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic -g
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