Where does “דיכען” come from?

דיכען (Yiddish) comes from Russian ды́хать, from Proto-Slavic dyxati, from Proto-Slavic dyxъ — whiff, sniff.

דיכען (Yiddish): to breathe

Definitions

  1. to breathe

Ancestry of “דיכען”, step by step

דיכען traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian ды́хать

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianды́хатьto breathe
2Proto-Slavicdyxatito breathe
3Proto-Slavicdyxъwhiff, sniff

via Ukrainian ди́хати

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianди́хатиto breathe
2Ukrainian-льнийUsed to form deverbal adjectives with the meanings

Words derived from “דיכען”

Every word from Proto-Slavic dyxъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic dyxati →Every word from Russian ды́хать →