Where does “פּענכער” come from?

פּענכער (Yiddish) comes from Polish pęcherz, from Proto-Slavic *pǫxyrь — anything blown up in shape, bladder, blob.

פּענכער (Yiddish): bladder

Definitions

  1. bladder

Ancestry of “פּענכער”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpęcherzblister
2Proto-Slavic*pǫxyrьanything blown up in shape, bladder, blob
Every word from Proto-Slavic *pǫxyrь →Every word from Polish pęcherz →