Where does “ווערטערביכער” come from?
ווערטערביכער (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ווערטערבוך, 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- — to speak, say.
ווערטערביכער (Yiddish): plural of ווערטערבוך "dictionaries"
Definitions
- plural of ווערטערבוך "dictionaries"
Ancestry of “ווערטערביכער”, step by step
ווערטערביכער traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish ווערטערבוך
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ווערטערבוך | dictionary |
| 2 | Yiddish | ווערטער | plural of וואָרט; words |
| 3 | Yiddish | וואָרט | word |
| 4 | Middle High German | wort | word; verb |
| 5 | Old High German | wort | word; verb |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | word | word |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wurdą | word |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | werdʰo- | word |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | werh₁- | to speak, say |
via Yiddish ביכער
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ביכער | plural of בוך; books |