Where does “געסל” come from?

געסל (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־ל, from Middle High German teil, from Old High German teil, from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

געסל (Yiddish): alley

Definitions

  1. alley

Ancestry of “געסל”, step by step

געסל traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ־ל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־לForms diminutive nouns when added to a noun, with...
2Middle High Germanteil—
3Old High Germanteil—
4Proto-West Germanicdailipart
5Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed

via Yiddish גאַס

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishגאַסstreet
2Middle High Germangazze—
3Old High Germangazzalane
4Proto-West Germanic*gatwā—
5Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂—

Words derived from “געסל”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dailiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic daili →