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

  1. to scare

Ancestry of “דערשרעקן”, step by step

דערשרעקן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish שרעקן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשרעקןto frighten
2Yiddish־ןThe infinitive marker for verbs, which can be...
3Middle High German-en
4Old High German-īn
5Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Yiddish דער־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishדער־Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a successful conclusion, leads to the wanted result
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no-Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnazEvery word from Middle High German -en