Where does “ניקלנע” come from?

ניקלנע (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־ן, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

ניקלנע (Yiddish): nickel in composition

Definitions

  1. nickel in composition

Ancestry of “ניקלנע”, step by step

ניקלנע traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ־ן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־ןThe infinitive marker for verbs, which can be...
2Middle High German-en—
3Old High German-īn—
4Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
5Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
6Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Yiddish ניקל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishניקלnickel metal
2GermanNickelnickel; A coin of ten pfennigs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnaz →Every word from Middle High German -en →
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