Where does “פּיאַנעווען” come from?

פּיאַנעווען (Yiddish) comes from Polish pijać, from Proto-Slavic pijati.

פּיאַנעווען (Yiddish): to drink alcohol

Definitions

  1. to drink alcohol

Ancestry of “פּיאַנעווען”, step by step

פּיאַנעווען traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish pijać

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpijaćto drink habitually
2Proto-Slavicpijati—

via Yiddish עווען

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishעווען—
Every word from Proto-Slavic pijati →Every word from Polish pijać →
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