Where does “פּרעפֿערירן” come from?
פּרעפֿערירן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־ירן, from Middle High German -ieren, from Old French -ier, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
פּרעפֿערירן (Yiddish): to prefer
Definitions
- to prefer
Ancestry of “פּרעפֿערירן”, step by step
פּרעפֿערירן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish ־ירן
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ־ירן | forming verbs from borrowed words |
| 2 | Middle High German | -ieren | used in verbs, indicating the action of doing... |
| 3 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |
| 4 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |