Where does “נשמהדיק” come from?

נשמהדיק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish דיק, from Middle High German dicke, from Old High German dicchī, from Old High German -ī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

נשמהדיק (Yiddish): soulful, relating to the soul

Definitions

  1. soulful, relating to the soul

Ancestry of “נשמהדיק”, step by step

נשמהדיק traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish דיק

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishדיקthick
2Middle High Germandickethickly; often
3Old High Germandicchīthick
4Old High German-ī-ness
5Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
6Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Yiddish נשמה

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishנשמהsoul
2Hebrewנְשָׁמָהspirit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Old High German -ī →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →
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