Where does “עכאָיִרן” come from?

עכאָיִרן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־ירן, from Middle High German -ieren, from Old French -ier, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

עכאָיִרן (Yiddish): to echo

Definitions

  1. to echo

Ancestry of “עכאָיִרן”, step by step

עכאָיִרן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ־ירן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־ירןforming verbs from borrowed words
2Middle High German-ierenused in verbs, indicating the action of doing...
3Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via Yiddish עכאָ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishעכאָecho
2Ancient GreekἨχώsound; a nymph in Greek mythology
3Ancient Greekἠχήsound, noise
4Proto-Hellenic*wākʰā́
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Old French -ier