Where does “פֿאַרוויגן” come from?

פֿאַרוויגן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פֿאַר, from Old High German vür, from Old High German furi, from Proto-West Germanic furi, from Proto-Germanic furi, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

פֿאַרוויגן (Yiddish): rock to sleep

Definitions

  1. rock to sleep

Ancestry of “פֿאַרוויגן”, step by step

פֿאַרוויגן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish פֿאַר

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפֿאַרfor; than; before, in front of, ahead of, prior...
2Old High Germanvür
3Old High Germanfuribefore; for; because of
4Proto-West Germanicfurifor; before; forward
5Proto-Germanicfurifor, before; before, forward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpreh₂-before, in front
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Yiddish וויגן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishוויגןto swing, as though in a cradle; to rock back and...
2Middle High Germanwigen
3Germanwiegeinflection of wiegen: ## first-person singular...
4Middle High Germanwigecradle
5Old High Germanwīga
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European per-Every word from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-