Where does “מאָכיק” come from?

מאָכיק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־יק, from Middle High German -ec, from Old High German -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

מאָכיק (Yiddish): mossy

Definitions

  1. mossy

Ancestry of “מאָכיק”, step by step

מאָכיק traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ־יק

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־יק-y, -ic
2Middle High German-ec
3Old High German-ig
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Yiddish מאָך

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishמאָךmoss
2Russianмохmoss
3Russian-и́ть
4Proto-Slavic-itiDeverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;...
5Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
6Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱosEvery word from Proto-Germanic -gazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic -g
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