Where does “פּלעביי” come from?

פּלעביי (Yiddish) comes from Russian плебе́й, from Latin plebeius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

פּלעביי (Yiddish): plebeian

Definitions

  1. plebeian

Ancestry of “פּלעביי”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianплебе́йplebeian
2Latinplebeiusplebeian; common, vulgar
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ius →Every word from Proto-Italic -jōs →