Where does “כּפּרה־הינדל” come from?

כּפּרה־הינדל (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish הינדל, from Yiddish הון, from Middle High German huon, from Old High German huon, from Proto-West Germanic hōn, from Proto-Germanic hōną, from Proto-Germanic hanô, from Proto-Indo-European kan- — to sing; hemp.

כּפּרה־הינדל (Yiddish): scapegoat

Definitions

  1. scapegoat

Ancestry of “כּפּרה־הינדל”, step by step

כּפּרה־הינדל traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish הינדל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishהינדלlittle hen
2Yiddishהוןhen
3Middle High Germanhuonhen
4Old High Germanhuonchicken
5Proto-West Germanichōnhen, chicken
6Proto-Germanichōnąhen, chicken
7Proto-Germanichanôrooster, cock
8Proto-Indo-Europeankan-to sing; hemp

via Yiddish כּפּרה

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishכּפּרהexpiation, redemption
2Hebrewכַּפָּרָה—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kan- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hanô →Every word from Proto-Germanic hōną →