Where does “גיכשפּײַז” come from?
גיכשפּײַז (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish שפּײַז, from Middle High German spīse, from Old High German spīsa, from Latin spensa, from Latin expēnsa, from Latin expensus, from Latin expendere, from Latin expendo — beside, near, by, with.
גיכשפּײַז (Yiddish): fast food
Definitions
- fast food
Ancestry of “גיכשפּײַז”, step by step
גיכשפּײַז traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish שפּײַז
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | שפּײַז | food |
| 2 | Middle High German | spīse | — |
| 3 | Old High German | spīsa | meal |
| 4 | Latin | spensa | outlay for provisions, food |
| 5 | Latin | expēnsa | — |
| 6 | Latin | expensus | weighed; paid; judged |
| 7 | Latin | expendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 8 | Latin | expendo | I weigh; I pay out; I judge |
| 9 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 10 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 11 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 12 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 13 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 14 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |