Where does “קעלנערין” come from?
קעלנערין (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish קעלנער, 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.
קעלנערין (Yiddish): waitress
Definitions
- waitress
Ancestry of “קעלנערין”, step by step
קעלנערין traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish קעלנער
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | קעלנער | waiter |
| 2 | Polish | kelner | waiter |
| 3 | German | Kellner | waiter |
| 4 | Middle High German | kelnære | — |
| 5 | Old High German | kelnere | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | cellenarius | cellar administrator; cellarman |
| 7 | Latin | cellārium | storeroom, larder, cellar, pantry |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via Yiddish ־ין
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ־ין | Suffixed to animate nouns to create a feminine... |
| 2 | Middle High German | -in | — |
| 3 | Old High German | -inna | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -inī | Forms nouns indicating a female individual |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -én-ih₂ ~ -n̥-yéh₂- | — |