Where does “סאָלדאַט” come from?
סאָלדאַט (Yiddish) comes from Ukrainian солдат, from Russian солда́т, from French soldat, from Middle French soldat, from Italian soldato, from Italian soldare, from Italian soldo, from Italian saldare — whole.
סאָלדאַט (Yiddish): soldier
Definitions
- soldier
Ancestry of “סאָלדאַט”, step by step
סאָלדאַט traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ukrainian солдат
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | солдат | soldier |
| 2 | Russian | солда́т | soldier |
| 3 | French | soldat | soldier |
| 4 | Middle French | soldat | soldier |
| 5 | Italian | soldato | soldier |
| 6 | Italian | soldare | to pay a soldier or military member |
| 7 | Italian | soldo | penny, cent; money |
| 8 | Italian | saldare | to solder, weld; to join; to put together; to... |
| 9 | Italian | saldo | firm, steady; sound; settlement, payment |
| 10 | Latin | solidus | solid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | soliðos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s | entire |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |