Where does “צעפֿליִען” come from?
צעפֿליִען (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פֿליִען, from Middle High German vliegen, from Old High German fliogan, from Proto-West Germanic fleugan, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
צעפֿליִען (Yiddish): to fly away
Definitions
- to fly away
Ancestry of “צעפֿליִען”, step by step
צעפֿליִען traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish פֿליִען
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | פֿליִען | to fly; plural of פֿלי |
| 2 | Middle High German | vliegen | to fly |
| 3 | Old High German | fliogan | to fly |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | fleugan | to fly |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fleuganą | to fly |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |