Where does “קראַפֿט” come from?

קראַפֿט (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German kraft, from Old High German kraft, from Proto-West Germanic kraftu, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

קראַפֿט (Yiddish): power, vigor, force

Definitions

  1. power, vigor, force

Ancestry of “קראַפֿט”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankraft
2Old High Germankraft
3Proto-West Germanickraftustrength, power; skill
4Proto-Germanickraftuzstrength, power
5Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “קראַפֿט

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Proto-Germanic -þuzEvery word from Proto-Germanic kraftuz
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