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Where does “פֿאַרקלעמט” come from?

פֿאַרקלעמט (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.

פֿאַרקלעמט (Yiddish): depressed, distraught; choked up, extremely...

Definitions

  1. depressed, distraught; choked up, extremely...

Ancestry of “פֿאַרקלעמט”, step by step

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

Words derived from “פֿאַרקלעמט”

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