Where does “מענדעוועשקע” come from?

מענדעוועשקע (Yiddish) comes from Polish mendoweszka, from Polish -o-, from Old Polish -o-, from Proto-Slavic -o-.

מענדעוועשקע (Yiddish): crab louse (Pthirus pubis)

Definitions

  1. crab louse (Pthirus pubis)

Ancestry of “מענדעוועשקע”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishmendoweszkacrab louse, pubic louse
2Polish-o-—
3Old Polish-o-—
4Proto-Slavic-o-—
Every word from Proto-Slavic -o- →Every word from Polish -o- →Every word from Old Polish -o- →