Where does “פּורימשפּיל” come from?

פּורימשפּיל (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish שפּיל, from Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.

פּורימשפּיל (Yiddish): Purim play

Definitions

  1. Purim play

Ancestry of “פּורימשפּיל”, step by step

פּורימשפּיל traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish שפּיל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשפּילgame
2Middle High Germanspil—
3Old High Germanspil—
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

via Yiddish פּורים

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YiddishפּוריםPurim Jewish festival
2Hebrewפוריםlots; Purim
3Hebrewפּוּר—

Words derived from “פּורימשפּיל”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old High German spil →Every word from Middle High German spil →