Where does “פֿעלדמעסטן” come from?
פֿעלדמעסטן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פֿעלד, from Middle High German vëlt, from Old High German feld, from Proto-West Germanic felþu, from Proto-Germanic felþuz, from Proto-Indo-European pelh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
פֿעלדמעסטן (Yiddish): grave-threading, grave-measuring a ritual in which women would measure out a candle wick using the grave of a sick person's close family members
Definitions
- grave-threading, grave-measuring a ritual in which women would measure out a candle wick using the grave of a sick person's close family members
Ancestry of “פֿעלדמעסטן”, step by step
פֿעלדמעסטן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.