Where does “נאָכפֿאָלגן” come from?

נאָכפֿאָלגן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פֿאָלגן, from Middle High German volgen, from Old High German folgēn, from Proto-West Germanic folgēn, from Proto-Germanic fulgāną, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

נאָכפֿאָלגן (Yiddish): to follow ideas, leadership, etc

Definitions

  1. to follow ideas, leadership, etc

Ancestry of “נאָכפֿאָלגן”, step by step

נאָכפֿאָלגן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish פֿאָלגן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפֿאָלגןto obey
2Middle High Germanvolgen—
3Old High Germanfolgēnto follow
4Proto-West Germanicfolgēnto follow
5Proto-Germanicfulgānąto follow
6Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via Yiddish נאָכ־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishנאָכ־after
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Proto-Germanic fullaz →