Where does “ירושלים דליטע” come from?

ירושלים דליטע (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ליטע, from Lithuanian Lietuvà, from Proto-Slavic Lētuvā.

Ancestry of “ירושלים דליטע”, step by step

ירושלים דליטע traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ליטע

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishליטע—
2LithuanianLietuvàLithuania
3Proto-SlavicLētuvā—

via Yiddish ירושלים

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishירושלים—
2HebrewיְרוּשָׁלַיִםJerusalem
Every word from Proto-Slavic Lētuvā →Every word from Lithuanian Lietuvà →Every word from Yiddish ליטע →