Where does “מינסקער” come from?

מינסקער (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish מינסק, from Russian Минск, from Polish Mińsk, from Belarusian Мінск, from Old East Slavic Мѣньскъ — Minsk.

מינסקער (Yiddish): A person from Minsk

Definitions

  1. A person from Minsk

Ancestry of “מינסקער”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishמינסקthe Belarusian government
2RussianМинск—
3PolishMińsk—
4BelarusianМінск—
5Old East SlavicМѣньскъMinsk
Every word from Old East Slavic Мѣньскъ →Every word from Belarusian Мінск →Every word from Polish Mińsk →