Where does “פּוסט־און־פּאַסעווען” come from?

פּוסט־און־פּאַסעווען (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־עווען, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

פּוסט־און־פּאַסעווען (Yiddish): to loiter, slack off

Definitions

  1. to loiter, slack off

Ancestry of “פּוסט־און־פּאַסעווען”, step by step

פּוסט־און־פּאַסעווען traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ־עווען

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־עוועןInfinitive form of borrowed verbs with the Slavic suffix at hand in
2Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives

via Yiddish [[פּוסט און פּאַס

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish[[פּוסט און פּאַס—

via Yiddish פּוסט־און־פּאַס]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפּוסט־און־פּאַס]]—
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati →