Where does “פֿעלדמעסטערין” come from?
פֿעלדמעסטערין (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פֿעלדמעסטן, 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.
פֿעלדמעסטערין (Yiddish): grave-threader, grave-measurer female performer of folkloric cemetery ritual where a candle wick was measured out using a grave
Definitions
- grave-threader, grave-measurer female performer of folkloric cemetery ritual where a candle wick was measured out using a grave
Ancestry of “פֿעלדמעסטערין”, step by step
פֿעלדמעסטערין traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish פֿעלדמעסטן
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | פֿעלדמעסטן | 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 |
| 2 | Yiddish | פֿעלד | field |
| 3 | Middle High German | vëlt | — |
| 4 | Old High German | feld | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | felþu | field |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | felþuz | field, plain |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |
via Yiddish ־ין
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ־ין | Suffixed to animate nouns to create a feminine... |
| 2 | Middle High German | -in | — |
| 3 | Old High German | -inna | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -inī | Forms nouns indicating a female individual |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -én-ih₂ ~ -n̥-yéh₂- | — |