Where does “הינטערגעסל” come from?
הינטערגעסל (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish געסל, from Yiddish ־ל, from Middle High German teil, from Old High German teil, from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.
הינטערגעסל (Yiddish): alley
Ancestry of “הינטערגעסל”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | געסל | alley |
| 2 | Yiddish | ־ל | Forms diminutive nouns when added to a noun, with... |
| 3 | Middle High German | teil | — |
| 4 | Old High German | teil | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | daili | part |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | dailiz | part, portion, deal |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰayl- | part, watershed |