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Where does “טומלדיק” come from?

טומלדיק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish דיק, from Middle High German dicke, from Old High German dicchī, 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...

טומלדיק (Yiddish): noisy, loud, boisterous

Definitions

  1. noisy, loud, boisterous

Ancestry of “טומלדיק”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishדיקthick
2Middle High Germandickethickly; often
3Old High Germandicchī—
4Old High German-ī-ness
5Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
6Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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