Where does “פּאַפּשויברויט” come from?
פּאַפּשויברויט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ברויט, from Middle High German brōt, from Old High German brōt, from Proto-West Germanic braud, from English Berwald, from Proto-West Germanic berō, from Proto-Germanic berô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- — to pierce; to strike; brown.
פּאַפּשויברויט (Yiddish): cornbread
Definitions
- cornbread
Ancestry of “פּאַפּשויברויט”, step by step
פּאַפּשויברויט traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish ברויט
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ברויט | bread; loaf; livelihood |
| 2 | Middle High German | brōt | bread |
| 3 | Old High German | brōt | bread |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | braud | bread |
| 5 | English | Berwald | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | berō | bear |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | berô | bear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerH- | to pierce; to strike; brown |
via Yiddish פּאַפּשוי
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | פּאַפּשוי | maize, corn |
| 2 | Romanian | păpușoi | maize, corn |
| 3 | Romanian | păpușă | doll; puppet; pupa or nymph/larva in certain... |
| 4 | Latin | pupa | girl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa |
| 5 | Latin | pupus | a boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |