Where does “לערנייִנגל” come from?

לערנייִנגל (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ייִנגל, from Yiddish יונג, from Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung, from Proto-West Germanic jung, from Proto-Germanic jungaz, from Proto-Germanic juwungaz, from Proto-Indo-European yuwn̥kós — vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning.

לערנייִנגל (Yiddish): apprentice

Definitions

  1. apprentice

Ancestry of “לערנייִנגל”, step by step

לערנייִנגל traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ייִנגל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishייִנגלlittle boy; overly naive or ignorant man
2Yiddishיונגa youth; young
3Middle High Germanjuncyoung
4Old High Germanjungyoung
5Proto-West Germanicjungyoung
6Proto-Germanicjungazyoung
7Proto-Germanicjuwungaz—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyuwn̥kós—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂yuh₁en-young
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ey-vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning

via Yiddish לערנען

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishלערנעןto teach; to learn
2Middle High Germanlernen—
3Old High Germanlernēnto learn, study
4Proto-West Germanic*liʀnēn—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂yuh₁en- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yuwn̥kós →