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

  1. plural of ווערטערבוך "dictionaries"

Ancestry of “ווערטערביכער”, step by step

ווערטערביכער traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ווערטערבוך

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishווערטערבוךdictionary
2Yiddishווערטערplural of וואָרט; words
3Yiddishוואָרטword
4Middle High Germanwortword; verb
5Old High Germanwortword; verb
6Proto-West Germanicwordword
7Proto-Germanicwurdąword
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

via Yiddish ביכער

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishביכערplural of בוך; books
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-Every word from Proto-Germanic wurdą