Where does “קאַליעצטווע” come from?

קאַליעצטווע (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish קאַליע, from Proto-Slavic *kaľati — to dirty, to soil.

קאַליעצטווע (Yiddish): defect, error, damage

Definitions

  1. defect, error, damage

Ancestry of “קאַליעצטווע”, step by step

קאַליעצטווע traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish קאַליע

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishקאַליעspoiled, damaged, broken
2Proto-Slavic*kaľatito dirty, to soil

via Yiddish צטווע

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishצטווע—
Every word from Proto-Slavic *kaľati →Every word from Yiddish קאַליע →