Where does “פֿלייטיסט” come from?

פֿלייטיסט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־יסט, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.

פֿלייטיסט (Yiddish): flautist

Definitions

  1. flautist

Ancestry of “פֿלייטיסט”, step by step

פֿלייטיסט traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ־יסט

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־יסט-ist
2Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
3Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
4Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
5Proto-Hellenic-tās—

via Yiddish פֿלייט

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפֿלייטflute
Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →Every word from Latin -ista →