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Where does “טעכניש” come from?

טעכניש (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish טעכניק, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός, from Ancient Greek τέχνη, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

טעכניש (Yiddish): technical

Definitions

  1. technical

Ancestry of “טעכניש”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishטעכניקtechnique; technology
2Ancient Greekτεχνικόςtechnical; artistic, skillful; of or pertaining...
3Ancient Greekτέχνηcraft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile
4Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
5Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
6Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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