Where does “פֿונאַנדערשיידן” come from?
פֿונאַנדערשיידן (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.
פֿונאַנדערשיידן (Yiddish): to distinguish, differentiate
Definitions
- to distinguish, differentiate
Ancestry of “פֿונאַנדערשיידן”, step by step
פֿונאַנדערשיידן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish פֿונאַנדער
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | פֿונאַנדער | apart |
| 2 | Yiddish | אַנדער | other |
| 3 | Middle High German | ander | second |
| 4 | Old High German | andar | second; other |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *anþar | second |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | anþeraz | second; other |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ánteros | other |
via Yiddish שיידן
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | שיידן | to separate |
| 2 | Middle High German | scheiden | — |
| 3 | Old High German | sceidan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skaiþaną | to separate |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | skeyt- | to cut, part, separate; to cut, part, divide,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skey- | to split, to dissect |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |