Where does “פֿײַערצונג” come from?
פֿײַערצונג (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish צונג, from Old High German zunga, from Proto-West Germanic tungā, from Proto-Germanic tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.
פֿײַערצונג (Yiddish): flame
Ancestry of “פֿײַערצונג”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | צונג | tongue |
| 2 | Old High German | zunga | tongue; language |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | tungā | tongue; speech, language |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tungǭ | tongue; speech, language |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s | tongue |