Where does “סעקונדע” come from?
סעקונדע (Yiddish) comes from Latin secunda, from Latin secundus, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
סעקונדע (Yiddish): second unit of time
Definitions
- second unit of time
Ancestry of “סעקונדע”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | secunda | inflection of secundus: ## feminine... |
| 2 | Latin | secundus | second, the ordinal number after prīmus and... |
| 3 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |