Where does “צעריסנקייט” come from?

צעריסנקייט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish צעריסן, from Yiddish צערײַסן, from Yiddish רײַסן, from Middle High German rīzen, from Old High German rīzan, from Proto-West Germanic hrītan, from Proto-Germanic hrītaną — to scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull.

צעריסנקייט (Yiddish): opposition

Definitions

  1. opposition

Ancestry of “צעריסנקייט”, step by step

צעריסנקייט traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish צעריסן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishצעריסןtorn
2Yiddishצערײַסןto tear up, rip, sever, denounce an agreement
3Yiddishרײַסןto tear, rip
4Middle High Germanrīzento tear, rend, rip
5Old High Germanrīzanto scratch
6Proto-West Germanichrītanto scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull
7Proto-Germanichrītanąto scratch, carve; to rip; to tear, pull

via Yiddish קייט

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishקייטchain
2Old High Germanketīna—
3Latincatēnachain
4Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...
Every word from Proto-Germanic hrītaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hrītan →Every word from Old High German rīzan →