Where does “פֿאַרקויפֿערין” come from?
פֿאַרקויפֿערין (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פֿאַרקויפֿער, from Yiddish פֿאַרקויף, 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- — passed , crossed.
פֿאַרקויפֿערין (Yiddish): vendor, saleswoman
Definitions
- vendor, saleswoman
Ancestry of “פֿאַרקויפֿערין”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | פֿאַרקויפֿער | vendor, salesman |
| 2 | Yiddish | פֿאַרקויף | sale |
| 3 | Yiddish | פֿאַר | for; than; before, in front of, ahead of, prior... |
| 4 | Old High German | vür | — |
| 5 | Old High German | furi | before; for; because of |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | furi | for; before; forward |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | furi | for, before; before, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |