Where does “פֿירקאַנטיק” come from?

פֿירקאַנטיק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פֿיר, from Old High German vür, from Old High German furi, from Proto-West Germanic furi, from Proto-Germanic furi, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

פֿירקאַנטיק (Yiddish): rectangular

Definitions

  1. rectangular

Ancestry of “פֿירקאַנטיק”, step by step

פֿירקאַנטיק traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish פֿיר

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפֿירfour
2Old High Germanvür—
3Old High Germanfuribefore; for; because of
4Proto-West Germanicfurifor; before; forward
5Proto-Germanicfurifor, before; before, forward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpreh₂-before, in front
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Yiddish קאַנטיק

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishקאַנטיקangular
2Yiddish־יק-y, -ic
3Middle High German-ec—
4Old High German-ig—
5Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
6Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preh₂- →