Where does “נאָכיאָגן” come from?

נאָכיאָגן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish יאָגן, from Old High German jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic jagōn — to hunt.

נאָכיאָגן (Yiddish): to chase after, pursue

Definitions

  1. to chase after, pursue

Ancestry of “נאָכיאָגן”, step by step

נאָכיאָגן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish יאָגן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishיאָגןchase, hunt, pursue; plural of יאָג
2Old High Germanjagōnto hunt
3Proto-West Germanicjagōnto hunt

via Yiddish נאָכ־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishנאָכ־after
Every word from Proto-West Germanic jagōn →Every word from Old High German jagōn →Every word from Yiddish יאָגן →