Where does “לייב־מוראַשקע” come from?

לייב־מוראַשקע (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish לייב, from Middle High German lewe, from Old High German lēo, from Proto-Germanic *lēwō, from Proto-Germanic lewô, from Proto-Germanic -ô, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

לייב־מוראַשקע (Yiddish): antlion

Definitions

  1. antlion

Ancestry of “לייב־מוראַשקע”, step by step

לייב־מוראַשקע traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish לייב

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishלייבlion
2Middle High Germanlewe—
3Old High Germanlēo—
4Proto-Germanic*lēwōscythe
5Proto-Germaniclewôscythe
6Proto-Germanic-ô-ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade...
7Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

via Yiddish מוראַשקע

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishמוראַשקעant
2Russianмура́шкаant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ô →Every word from Proto-Germanic lewô →