Where does “גוטמאַכונג” come from?
גוטמאַכונג (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish -ונג, from Old High German -unga, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".
גוטמאַכונג (Yiddish): recompense
Ancestry of “גוטמאַכונג”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | -ונג | -ing |
| 2 | Old High German | -unga | -ing |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -ungō | -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs." |