Where does “קאָמאַנדיר” come from?
קאָמאַנדיר (Yiddish) comes from Russian команди́р, from German Kommandeur, from French commandeur, from Old French comandeor, from Old French comander, from Latin commandō, from Latin commendō, from Latin cōn- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
קאָמאַנדיר (Yiddish): commander
Definitions
- commander
Ancestry of “קאָמאַנדיר”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | команди́р | commander, commanding officer |
| 2 | German | Kommandeur | commander |
| 3 | French | commandeur | commander |
| 4 | Old French | comandeor | commander |
| 5 | Old French | comander | to command, to implore; to request, to ask for;... |
| 6 | Latin | commandō | to chew |
| 7 | Latin | commendō | to commend, entrust to, commit |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |