Where does “יאָלקע” come from?

יאָלקע (Yiddish) comes from Russian ёлка, from Proto-Slavic *ȅdlъka, from Proto-Indo-European h₁edʰlos.

יאָלקע (Yiddish): fir

Definitions

  1. fir

Ancestry of “יאָלקע”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianёлкаspruce, spruce tree
2Proto-Slavic*ȅdlъkaspruce, fir
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁edʰlos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁edʰlos →Every word from Proto-Slavic *ȅdlъka →Every word from Russian ёлка →