Where does “פּרינץ” come from?

פּרינץ (Yiddish) comes from Middle Low German prinze, from German Prinz, from French prince, from Middle French prince, from Old French prince, from Latin prīnceps, from Latin primoceps, from Latin capiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

פּרינץ (Yiddish): prince male ruler or head of a principality

Definitions

  1. prince male ruler or head of a principality

Ancestry of “פּרינץ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanprinze—
2GermanPrinzprince
3Frenchprinceprince
4Middle Frenchprinceprince
5Old Frenchprinceprince
6Latinprīncepsfirst, foremost
7Latinprimoceps—
8Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
9Proto-Italickapiōtake
10Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
11Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti →Every word from Proto-Italic kapjō →