Where does “דרײַקאַנטיק” come from?

דרײַקאַנטיק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish קאַנטיק, from Yiddish ־יק, from Middle High German -ec, from Old High German -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

דרײַקאַנטיק (Yiddish): triangular

Definitions

  1. triangular

Ancestry of “דרײַקאַנטיק”, step by step

דרײַקאַנטיק traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish קאַנטיק

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishקאַנטיקangular
2Yiddish־יק-y, -ic
3Middle High German-ec—
4Old High German-ig—
5Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
6Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Yiddish דרײַ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishדרײַthree
2Middle High Germandrīthree
3Old High Germandrīthree
4Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
5Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -gaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -g →