Where does “בלאָנדזשעניש” come from?

בלאָנדזשעניש (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish בלאָנדזשען, from Polish błądzić, from Old Polish błędzić, from Proto-Slavic *blǭdìti — to err.

בלאָנדזשעניש (Yiddish): aimless wandering

Definitions

  1. aimless wandering

Ancestry of “בלאָנדזשעניש”, step by step

בלאָנדזשעניש traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish בלאָנדזשען

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishבלאָנדזשעןto get lost, to lose one's way
2Polishbłądzićto err, to be mistaken; to stray, to roam, to...
3Old Polishbłędzićto err
4Proto-Slavic*blǭdìtito err

via Yiddish ניש

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishניש—
Every word from Proto-Slavic *blǭdìti →Every word from Old Polish błędzić →Every word from Polish błądzić →