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Where does “פֿאָרשטעלונג” come from?

פֿאָרשטעלונג (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פֿאָרשטעלן, from Yiddish שטעלן, from Old High German stellen, from Proto-West Germanic stalljan, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

פֿאָרשטעלונג (Yiddish): concept; play, performance, show

Definitions

  1. concept; play, performance, show

Ancestry of “פֿאָרשטעלונג”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפֿאָרשטעלןperform
2Yiddishשטעלןto put; to put, set, pose a question; stand up
3Old High Germanstellen—
4Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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