Where does “לײַוואָרט” come from?

לײַוואָרט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish וואָרט, from Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic word, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.

לײַוואָרט (Yiddish): loanword

Definitions

  1. loanword

Ancestry of “לײַוואָרט”, step by step

לײַוואָרט traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish וואָרט

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishוואָרטword
2Middle High Germanwortword; verb
3Old High Germanwortword; verb
4Proto-West Germanicwordword
5Proto-Germanicwurdąword
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

via Yiddish לײַען

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishלײַעןlend; borrow
2Middle High Germanlīhento loan, to lend, to award, to gift
3Old High Germanlīhan—
4Proto-West Germaniclīhwanto lend
5Proto-Germaniclīhwanąto lend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanléykʷtto leave
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleykʷ-to leave
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurdą →
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