Where does “ציבעלע” come from?

ציבעלע (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German zibolle, from Old High German zwibollo, from Latin cēpulla, from Latin -ulus — Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

ציבעלע (Yiddish): onion

Definitions

  1. onion

Ancestry of “ציבעלע”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanzibolle—
2Old High Germanzwibolloonion
3Latincēpullaonion-bed, onion-field
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Latin cēpulla →Every word from Old High German zwibollo →