Where does “פֿוילעכץ” come from?
פֿוילעכץ (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פֿוילן, from Middle High German fūlen, from Old High German fūlēn, from Proto-Germanic fūlāną, from Proto-Germanic -āną, from Proto-Germanic -ajaną, from Proto-Indo-European -oyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
פֿוילעכץ (Yiddish): rotten material
Definitions
- rotten material
Ancestry of “פֿוילעכץ”, step by step
פֿוילעכץ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish פֿוילן
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | פֿוילן | To spoil |
| 2 | Middle High German | fūlen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | fūlēn | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fūlāną | To become foul; rot; decay |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -āną | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives, later... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ajaną | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Yiddish עכץ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | עכץ | — |