Where does “נעפּלדיק” come from?
נעפּלדיק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish נעפּל, from Middle High German nebel, from Romansch nibel, from Spanish nivel, from Old French nivel, from Vulgar Latin libellus, from Latin lībella, from Latin lībra — to join, to yoke, to tie together.
נעפּלדיק (Yiddish): foggy
Definitions
- foggy
Ancestry of “נעפּלדיק”, step by step
נעפּלדיק traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish נעפּל
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | נעפּל | fog |
| 2 | Middle High German | nebel | fog |
| 3 | Romansch | nibel | cloud |
| 4 | Spanish | nivel | level, tier, height; level, standard; level |
| 5 | Old French | nivel | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | libellus | a little book, booklet, pamphlet; a billet,... |
| 7 | Latin | lībella | An as (the tenth part of a denarius) |
| 8 | Latin | lībra | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ζυγόν | yoke, for joining animals; yoke, burden; in... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | dzugón | yoke |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yugóm | yoke |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yewg- | to join, to yoke, to tie together |