Where does “פֿאָלקסביבליאָטעק” come from?
פֿאָלקסביבליאָטעק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ביבליאָטעק, from French bibliothèque, from Middle French bibliotheque, from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη, from Ancient Greek -θήκη, from Ancient Greek θήκη, from Ancient Greek τίθημι — to do, put, place.
פֿאָלקסביבליאָטעק (Yiddish): people's library
Definitions
- people's library
Ancestry of “פֿאָלקסביבליאָטעק”, step by step
פֿאָלקסביבליאָטעק traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish ביבליאָטעק
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ביבליאָטעק | library |
| 2 | French | bibliothèque | library; bookcase |
| 3 | Middle French | bibliotheque | — |
| 4 | Latin | bibliothēca | a library room for books or collection of books |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βιβλιοθήκη | bookcase; library; records office |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -θήκη | deverbal suffix, typically indicating a space in which things are put or stored |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | θήκη | box, chest; grave, tomb; sword sheath |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τίθημι | I put, place, set; I make, cause to be; I make |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via Yiddish פֿאָלקס
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | פֿאָלקס | popular; public; ethnic |
| 2 | Yiddish | פֿאָלק | people, folk |
| 3 | Middle High German | volk | — |
| 4 | Old High German | folc | folk; people collectively, nation; people, nation |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | folk | people, tribe |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |