Where does “דערשרעקן” come from?
דערשרעקן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish שרעקן, from Yiddish ־ן, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
דערשרעקן (Yiddish): to scare
Definitions
- to scare
Ancestry of “דערשרעקן”, step by step
דערשרעקן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish שרעקן
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | שרעקן | to frighten |
| 2 | Yiddish | ־ן | The infinitive marker for verbs, which can be... |
| 3 | Middle High German | -en | — |
| 4 | Old High German | -īn | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via Yiddish דער־
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | דער־ | Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a successful conclusion, leads to the wanted result |