Where does “סאָרט” come from?
סאָרט (Yiddish) comes from Russian сорт, from French sorte, from Old French sorte, from Italian sorta, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
סאָרט (Yiddish): sort, kind, type
Definitions
- sort, kind, type
Ancestry of “סאָרט”, step by step
סאָרט traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian сорт
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | сорт | sort, kind, variety; quality, grade; brand |
| 2 | French | sorte | sort, kind, type; way, manner; first/third-person... |
| 3 | Old French | sorte | sort; type |
| 4 | Italian | sorta | sort, type, kind; feminine singular past... |
| 5 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 6 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 8 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Polish sort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | sort | sort |