Where does “מיטפֿילן” come from?
מיטפֿילן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פֿילן, from Middle High German vüllen, from Old High German fullen, from Proto-West Germanic *fullijan, from Proto-Germanic fullijaną, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
מיטפֿילן (Yiddish): to sympathize, commiserate, have pity, empathize
Definitions
- to sympathize, commiserate, have pity, empathize
Ancestry of “מיטפֿילן”, step by step
מיטפֿילן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish פֿילן
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | פֿילן | to fill, to stuff; to feel |
| 2 | Middle High German | vüllen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | fullen | to fill |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *fullijan | to fill |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fullijaną | to fill, to make full |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via Yiddish מיט־
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | מיט־ | with, co |
| 2 | Yiddish | מיט | with; middle |
| 3 | Middle High German | mitte | — |
| 4 | Old High German | mitti | middle |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | midją | middle |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |