Where does “ווײַנקעלער” come from?
ווײַנקעלער (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish קעלער, from Middle High German keller, from Old High German kellari, from Proto-West Germanic *kellārī, from Latin cellārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om.
ווײַנקעלער (Yiddish): wine cellar, tavern
Definitions
- wine cellar, tavern
Ancestry of “ווײַנקעלער”, step by step
ווײַנקעלער traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish קעלער
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | קעלער | basement, cellar underground space |
| 2 | Middle High German | keller | — |
| 3 | Old High German | kellari | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kellārī | cellar, storeroom |
| 5 | Latin | cellārium | storeroom, larder, cellar, pantry |
| 6 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 7 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |