Where does “געוויכט” come from?

געוויכט (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German gewiht, from Old High German gewihti, from Proto-Germanic *gawihtī.

געוויכט (Yiddish): weight

Definitions

  1. weight

Ancestry of “געוויכט”, step by step

געוויכט traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German gewiht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangewiht—
2Old High Germangewihti—
3Proto-Germanic*gawihtī—

via Old High German giwihti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangiwihti—
2West Germanicgawihti—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *gawihtī →Every word from Old High German gewihti →Every word from Middle High German gewiht →