Where does “פּראָפֿעסאָרין” come from?
פּראָפֿעסאָרין (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פּראָפֿעסאָר, from Latin professor, from Latin profiteor, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
פּראָפֿעסאָרין (Yiddish): female professor a higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
Definitions
- female professor a higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
Ancestry of “פּראָפֿעסאָרין”, step by step
פּראָפֿעסאָרין traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish פּראָפֿעסאָר
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | פּראָפֿעסאָר | professor |
| 2 | Latin | professor | teacher, professor |
| 3 | Latin | profiteor | I declare publicly, own or confess openly,... |
| 4 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Yiddish ־ין
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ־ין | Suffixed to animate nouns to create a feminine... |
| 2 | Middle High German | -in | — |
| 3 | Old High German | -inna | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -inī | Forms nouns indicating a female individual |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -én-ih₂ ~ -n̥-yéh₂- | — |