Where does “לעכצונג” come from?

לעכצונג (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish -ונג, from Old High German -unga, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".

לעכצונג (Yiddish): yearning

Definitions

  1. yearning

Ancestry of “לעכצונג”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish-ונג-ing
2Old High German-unga-ing
3Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ungō →Every word from Old High German -unga →Every word from Yiddish -ונג →