Where does “קעלנער” come from?
קעלנער (Yiddish) comes from Polish kelner, from German Kellner, from Middle High German kelnære, from Old High German kelnere, from Medieval Latin cellenarius, from Latin cellārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um.
קעלנער (Yiddish): waiter
Definitions
- waiter
Ancestry of “קעלנער”, step by step
קעלנער traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish kelner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | kelner | waiter |
| 2 | German | Kellner | waiter |
| 3 | Middle High German | kelnære | — |
| 4 | Old High German | kelnere | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | cellenarius | cellar administrator; cellarman |
| 6 | Latin | cellārium | storeroom, larder, cellar, pantry |
| 7 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 8 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via Yiddish קעלן
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | קעלן | — |
| 2 | Latin | Colōnia Agrippīna | Cologne, Agrippine Colony; city on the Rhine River in Germany, founded by Agrippina, the mother of the Roman emperor Nero |
via Russian кельнер
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | кельнер | waiter; servant |