Where does “פֿרײַנדין” come from?
פֿרײַנדין (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פֿרײַנד, from Middle High German vriunt, from Old High German friunt, from Proto-West Germanic friund, from Proto-Germanic frijōndz, from Proto-Indo-European prēy- — to like, love; like, love.
Ancestry of “פֿרײַנדין”, step by step
פֿרײַנדין traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish פֿרײַנד
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | פֿרײַנד | friend |
| 2 | Middle High German | vriunt | friend |
| 3 | Old High German | friunt | friend |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | friund | friend |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | frijōndz | friend, loved one |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | prēy- | to like, love; like, love |
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- | — |