Where does “וווּרשטערײַ” come from?

וווּרשטערײַ (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish וווּרשט, from Middle High German wurst, from Old High German wurst, from Proto-West Germanic wursti, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

וווּרשטערײַ (Yiddish): delicatessen shop selling prepared foods

Definitions

  1. delicatessen shop selling prepared foods

Ancestry of “וווּרשטערײַ”, step by step

וווּרשטערײַ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish וווּרשט

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishוווּרשטsausage
2Middle High Germanwurst
3Old High Germanwurst
4Proto-West Germanicwurstisausage
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Yiddish ערײַ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishערײַ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert-Every word from Proto-West Germanic wursti