Where does “קישקע” come from?

קישקע (Yiddish) comes from Polish kiszka, from Silesian -ka, from Old Polish -ka, from Proto-Slavic -ъka, from Proto-Indo-European -kos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...

קישקע (Yiddish): intestine, innards, bowels; kishke, a traditional...

Definitions

  1. intestine, innards, bowels; kishke, a traditional...

Ancestry of “קישקע”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishkiszkaintestine, bowel, gut
2Silesian-kaforms feminine nouns, sometimes diminutive in nature
3Old Polish-kafeminine noun suffix
4Proto-Slavic-ъkaDenominal, forms diminutives; Deadjectival,...
5Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...

Words derived from “קישקע”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ъka →Every word from Old Polish -ka →