Where does “הויטשמירעכץ” come from?
הויטשמירעכץ (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish שמירעכץ, from Yiddish שמירן, from Middle High German smirwen, from Old High German smirwen, from Proto-West Germanic *smirwijan, from Proto-Germanic smirwijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
הויטשמירעכץ (Yiddish): hand and body lotion
Definitions
- hand and body lotion
Ancestry of “הויטשמירעכץ”, step by step
הויטשמירעכץ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish שמירעכץ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | שמירעכץ | spread, grease, salve, lotion |
| 2 | Yiddish | שמירן | to smear, grease; to bribe; plural of שמיר |
| 3 | Middle High German | smirwen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | smirwen | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *smirwijan | to smear |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | smirwijaną | to smear, anoint |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |