Where does “כליפּעניש” come from?

כליפּעניש (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish כליפּען, from Polish chlipać, from Proto-Slavic *chlipati.

כליפּעניש (Yiddish): sobbing

Definitions

  1. sobbing

Ancestry of “כליפּעניש”, step by step

כליפּעניש traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish כליפּען

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishכליפּעןto sob
2Polishchlipaćto lap, to lap up
3Proto-Slavic*chlipati—

via Yiddish ניש

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishניש—
Every word from Proto-Slavic *chlipati →Every word from Polish chlipać →Every word from Yiddish כליפּען →