Where does “צווייטיק” come from?

צווייטיק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־יק, from Middle High German -ec, from Old High German -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

צווייטיק (Yiddish): secondary

Definitions

  1. secondary

Ancestry of “צווייטיק”, step by step

צווייטיק traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ־יק

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־יק-y, -ic
2Middle High German-ec
3Old High German-ig
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Yiddish צווייט

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishצווייטsecond
2Yiddishצווייtwo
3Old High Germanzwēnetwo
4Proto-West Germanictwai-two
5Proto-Germanictwaitwo
6Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱosEvery word from Proto-Germanic -gazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic -g
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