Where does “ווערטערבוך” come from?

ווערטערבוך (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ווערטער, from Yiddish וואָרט, from Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic word, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.

ווערטערבוך (Yiddish): dictionary

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Ancestry of “ווערטערבוך”, step by step

ווערטערבוך traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ווערטער

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishווערטערplural of וואָרט; words
2Yiddishוואָרטword
3Middle High Germanwortword; verb
4Old High Germanwortword; verb
5Proto-West Germanicwordword
6Proto-Germanicwurdąword
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

via Yiddish בוך

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishבוךbook
2Middle High Germanbuoch—
3Old High Germanbuohbook
4Proto-Germanicbōk—
5Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

Words derived from “ווערטערבוך”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurdą →