Where does “ערשטנס” come from?
ערשטנס (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ערשט, from Old High German ērist, from Old High German ēr, from Proto-West Germanic iʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs — you (plural).
ערשטנס (Yiddish): firstly
Definitions
- firstly
Ancestry of “ערשטנס”, step by step
ערשטנס traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish ערשט
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ערשט | first |
| 2 | Old High German | ērist | earliest |
| 3 | Old High German | ēr | ore; brass; formerly, previously; early |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | iʀ | he, it |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | jīz | Alternative form of *jūz |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *yúHs | you (plural) |
via Yiddish ־נס
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ־נס | — |