Where does “פּעקלפֿלייש” come from?

פּעקלפֿלייש (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פּעקל, from Yiddish ־ל, from Middle High German teil, from Old High German teil, from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

פּעקלפֿלייש (Yiddish): corned beef

Definitions

  1. corned beef

Ancestry of “פּעקלפֿלייש”, step by step

פּעקלפֿלייש traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish פּעקל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפּעקלpackage
2Yiddish־לForms diminutive nouns when added to a noun, with...
3Middle High Germanteil—
4Old High Germanteil—
5Proto-West Germanicdailipart
6Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed

via Yiddish פֿלייש

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפֿליישmeat, flesh
2Middle High Germanfleischflesh, meat
3Old High Germanfleiskmeat
4Proto-West Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
5Proto-Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁ḱ-to tear, peel off; to tear, rend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dailiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic daili →