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Where does “וואַרעמקייט” come from?

וואַרעמקייט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish וואַרעם, from Middle High German warm, from Old High German warm, from Proto-West Germanic warm, from Proto-Germanic warmaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰer-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr.

וואַרעמקייט (Yiddish): warmth

Definitions

  1. warmth

Ancestry of “וואַרעמקייט”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishוואַרעםwarm
2Middle High Germanwarm—
3Old High Germanwarmwarm
4Proto-West Germanicwarmwarm
5Proto-Germanicwarmazwarm
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰer-warm, hot
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr →