Where does “לעשאויטאָ” come from?

לעשאויטאָ (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish לעשן, from Middle High German leschen, from Old High German lescan.

לעשאויטאָ (Yiddish): fire truck, fire engine

Definitions

  1. fire truck, fire engine

Ancestry of “לעשאויטאָ”, step by step

לעשאויטאָ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish לעשן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishלעשןquench, extinguish
2Middle High Germanleschen—
3Old High Germanlescan—

via Yiddish אויטאָ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאויטאָcar, auto
Every word from Old High German lescan →Every word from Middle High German leschen →Every word from Yiddish לעשן →