Where does “פֿונאַנדערבויען” come from?

פֿונאַנדערבויען (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פֿונאַנדער, from Yiddish אַנדער, from Middle High German ander, from Old High German andar, from Proto-West Germanic *anþar, from Proto-Germanic anþeraz, from Proto-Indo-European ánteros — other.

פֿונאַנדערבויען (Yiddish): to rebuild

Definitions

  1. to rebuild

Ancestry of “פֿונאַנדערבויען”, step by step

פֿונאַנדערבויען traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish פֿונאַנדער

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפֿונאַנדערapart
2Yiddishאַנדערother
3Middle High Germanandersecond
4Old High Germanandarsecond; other
5Proto-West Germanic*anþarsecond
6Proto-Germanicanþerazsecond; other
7Proto-Indo-Europeanánterosother

via Yiddish בויען

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishבויעןto build, construct
2Middle High Germanbūwento build
3Old High Germanbūanto build
4Proto-West Germanic*būan—
5Proto-Germanicbūanąto dwell, reside
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ánteros →Every word from Proto-Germanic anþeraz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *anþar →