Where does “ביאַליסטאָקער” come from?
ביאַליסטאָקער (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ביאַליסטאָק, from Polish Białystok, from Polish stok, from Polish stoczyć, from Polish toczyć, from Proto-Slavic točiti, from Proto-Slavic tekti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tektej — to run, to flow.
ביאַליסטאָקער (Yiddish): Białystok
Definitions
- Białystok
Ancestry of “ביאַליסטאָקער”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ביאַליסטאָק | — |
| 2 | Polish | Białystok | white slope |
| 3 | Polish | stok | slope |
| 4 | Polish | stoczyć | to roll downwards |
| 5 | Polish | toczyć | to roll; to turn; to carry on, to conduct |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | točiti | to cause to flow, run |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | tekti | to run, to flow |
| 8 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tektej | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tekʷ- | to run, to flow |