Where does “געסקע” come from?
געסקע (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish גאַס, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂.
געסקע (Yiddish): alley
Definitions
- alley
Ancestry of “געסקע”, step by step
געסקע traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish גאַס
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | גאַס | street |
| 2 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 3 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |
via Yiddish ־קע
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ־קע | Forms feminine derivatives of animate nouns;... |