Where does “זיס” come from?

זיס (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German süezi, from Old High German suozī, from Old High German -ī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

זיס (Yiddish): sweet; cute

Definitions

  1. sweet; cute

Ancestry of “זיס”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansüezi—
2Old High Germansuozīsweet
3Old High German-ī-ness
4Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
5Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “זיס”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Old High German -ī →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →