Where does “צופֿוס” come from?

צופֿוס (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פֿוס, from Middle High German fuoȥ, from Old High German fuoȥ, from Proto-West Germanic fōt, from Proto-Germanic fōts, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

צופֿוס (Yiddish): on foot, by foot

Definitions

  1. on foot, by foot

Ancestry of “צופֿוס”, step by step

צופֿוס traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish פֿוס

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפֿוסfoot; leg
2Middle High Germanfuoȥ—
3Old High Germanfuoȥfoot
4Proto-West Germanicfōtfoot
5Proto-Germanicfōtsfoot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
8Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via Yiddish צו

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishצוto; too
2Old High Germanzuoto
3Proto-West Germanic*tō—
4Proto-Germanictōto
5Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European póds →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pṓds →