Where does “אײַנפּלאַצירן” come from?

אײַנפּלאַצירן (Yiddish) comes from French placer, from French place, from Old French place, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.

אײַנפּלאַצירן (Yiddish): to place, to position

Definitions

  1. to place, to position

Ancestry of “אײַנפּלאַצירן”, step by step

אײַנפּלאַצירן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French placer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplacerto place; to seat
2Frenchplaceplace, square, plaza, piazza; place, space, room;...
3Old Frenchplaceplace; location
4Latinplatēabroad way, street
5Ancient Greekπλατεῖαfeminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine...
6Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

via Yiddish אײַנ־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאײַנ־Implies entering a new state or a change of situation
2Middle High Germanīn-
3Old High Germaninin
4Proto-West Germanic*in
5Proto-Germanicinin; into
6Proto-Indo-Europeanénin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂-