Where does “סוכאָטע” come from?

סוכאָטע (Yiddish) comes from Polish suchota, from Polish -ota, from Proto-Slavic -ota, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -atā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂.

סוכאָטע (Yiddish): tuberculosis

Definitions

  1. tuberculosis

Ancestry of “סוכאָטע”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishsuchotadryness, parchedness
2Polish-otanoun suffix
3Proto-Slavic-otaDeadjectival, forming abstract nouns denoting the...
4Proto-Balto-Slavic-atā́ˀ—
5Proto-Indo-European-otéh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -otéh₂ →