Where does “עקלדיק” come from?

עקלדיק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish דיק, from Middle High German dicke, from Old High German dicchī, from Old High German -ī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

עקלדיק (Yiddish): disgusting

Definitions

  1. disgusting

Ancestry of “עקלדיק”, step by step

עקלדיק traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish דיק

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishדיקthick
2Middle High Germandickethickly; often
3Old High Germandicchīthick
4Old High German-ī-ness
5Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
6Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Yiddish עקלען

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishעקלעןto disgust, to sicken
2Germanekelnto be disgusted; to disgust
3Middle Low Germanēgelen—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Old High German -ī →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →