Where does “בייגיק” come from?
בייגיק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish בייגן, from Middle High German böugen, from Old High German bougen, from Proto-Germanic baugijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
בייגיק (Yiddish): bent
Ancestry of “בייגיק”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | בייגן | bend; inflect |
| 2 | Middle High German | böugen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | bougen | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | baugijaną | to bend, bow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |