Where does “בלויקייט” come from?

בלויקייט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־קייט, from Yiddish ־יק, from Middle High German -ec, from Old High German -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

בלויקייט (Yiddish): blueness

Definitions

  1. blueness

Ancestry of “בלויקייט”, step by step

בלויקייט traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ־קייט

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־קייט-ness; -ity; -hood; -ship
2Yiddish־יק-y, -ic
3Middle High German-ec—
4Old High German-ig—
5Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
6Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Yiddish בלוי

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishבלויblue
2Middle High Germanblāblue
3Old High Germanblāoblue, dark, grey; blue; yellow
4Proto-West Germanicblāublue
5Proto-Germanicblēwazblue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlēw-yellow, blond, grey
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -gaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -g →