Where does “טשעמאָדאַן” come from?
טשעמאָדאַן (Yiddish) comes from Russian чемода́н, from Persian جامهدان, from Persian دان, from Persian دانستن, from Middle Persian YDOYTWN-stn', from Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ānáHti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥néh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
טשעמאָדאַן (Yiddish): suitcase
Ancestry of “טשעמאָדאַן”, step by step