Where does “אײַנשטילעכץ” come from?
אײַנשטילעכץ (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אײַנשטילן, from Yiddish שטילן, from Yiddish שטיל, from Middle High German stille, from Old High German stillī, from Old High German -ī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
אײַנשטילעכץ (Yiddish): tranquilizer
Definitions
- tranquilizer
Ancestry of “אײַנשטילעכץ”, step by step
אײַנשטילעכץ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish אײַנשטילן
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | אײַנשטילן | to hush, to still |
| 2 | Yiddish | שטילן | to hush, to still, to quiet |
| 3 | Yiddish | שטיל | quiet; still |
| 4 | Middle High German | stille | — |
| 5 | Old High German | stillī | stillness |
| 6 | Old High German | -ī | -ness |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Yiddish עכץ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | עכץ | — |