Where does “צענערלינג” come from?

צענערלינג (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish צען, from Middle High German zehen, from Old High German zehan, from Proto-West Germanic tehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

צענערלינג (Yiddish): teenager

Definitions

  1. teenager

Ancestry of “צענערלינג”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishצעןten
2Middle High Germanzehen—
3Old High Germanzehanten
4Proto-West Germanictehunten
5Proto-Germanictehunten
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Germanic tehun →Every word from Proto-West Germanic tehun →