Where does “נײַ־לבֿנה” come from?
נײַ־לבֿנה (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish נײַ, from Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi, from Proto-West Germanic niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European néwyos, from Proto-Indo-European néwos, from Proto-Indo-European new- — new; to nod, assent to.
נײַ־לבֿנה (Yiddish): new moon
Definitions
- new moon
Ancestry of “נײַ־לבֿנה”, step by step
נײַ־לבֿנה traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish נײַ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | נײַ | new; recent |
| 2 | Middle High German | niuwe | new |
| 3 | Old High German | niuwi | new; newness |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | niwi | new |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *niwjaz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | néwyos | Alternative form of *néwos; new |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |