Where does “בויכרעדער” come from?
בויכרעדער (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish רעדער, from Yiddish רעדן, from Middle High German reden, from Old High German redōn, from Old High German reda, from Proto-Germanic raþjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
בויכרעדער (Yiddish): ventriloquist
Definitions
- ventriloquist
Ancestry of “בויכרעדער”, step by step
בויכרעדער traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish רעדער
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | רעדער | speaker; plural of ראָד |
| 2 | Yiddish | רעדן | to speak |
| 3 | Middle High German | reden | — |
| 4 | Old High German | redōn | — |
| 5 | Old High German | reda | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | raþjǭ | account, reasoning |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |