Where does “פֿאָלקסרעפּובליק” come from?
פֿאָלקסרעפּובליק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish רעפּובליק, from Latin republica, from Latin rēspublica, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex, from Latin dīcō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
פֿאָלקסרעפּובליק (Yiddish): people's republic
Definitions
- people's republic
Ancestry of “פֿאָלקסרעפּובליק”, step by step
פֿאָלקסרעפּובליק traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish רעפּובליק
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | רעפּובליק | republic |
| 2 | Latin | republica | ablative singular of rēspublica |
| 3 | Latin | rēspublica | a republic, commonwealth; the state, nation |
| 4 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 5 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 6 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 7 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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 |