Where does “דראָטעווען” come from?

דראָטעווען (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish דראָט, from Middle High German drāt, from Old High German drāt, from Proto-Germanic þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European treh₁-tu-, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

דראָטעווען (Yiddish): make with wire

Definitions

  1. make with wire

Ancestry of “דראָטעווען”, step by step

דראָטעווען traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish דראָט

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishדראָטwire
2Middle High Germandrātwire, thread
3Old High Germandrāt—
4Proto-Germanicþrēduzthread, twisted fibre
5Proto-Indo-Europeantreh₁-tu-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

via Yiddish ־עווען

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־עוועןInfinitive form of borrowed verbs with the Slavic suffix at hand in
2Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- →