Where does “פֿאַרשטענדלעך” come from?
פֿאַרשטענדלעך (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־לעך, from Middle High German -lich, from Old High German -līh, from Proto-Germanic *-līk.
פֿאַרשטענדלעך (Yiddish): comprehensible, intelligible, understandable
Definitions
- comprehensible, intelligible, understandable
Ancestry of “פֿאַרשטענדלעך”, step by step
פֿאַרשטענדלעך traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish ־לעך
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ־לעך | -ly, -like; plural of ־ל |
| 2 | Middle High German | -lich | -ly |
| 3 | Old High German | -līh | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *-līk | — |
via Yiddish פֿאַרשטיין
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | פֿאַרשטיין | to understand, to comprehend |
| 2 | Middle High German | verstān | — |
| 3 | Old High German | firstān | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | frastāną | — |