Where does “גלײַכונג” come from?
גלײַכונג (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish גלײַך, from Middle High German gelīch, from Old High German gilīh, from Proto-West Germanic galīk, from Proto-Germanic galīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
גלײַכונג (Yiddish): equation
Ancestry of “גלײַכונג”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | גלײַך | equal; level, straight, even; equally |
| 2 | Middle High German | gelīch | — |
| 3 | Old High German | gilīh | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | galīk | alike, similar |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | galīkaz | alike, similar; equal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |