Where does “קריכלקע” come from?

קריכלקע (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־ל, from Middle High German teil, from Old High German teil, from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

קריכלקע (Yiddish): jungle gym, monkey bars, climbing frame

Definitions

  1. jungle gym, monkey bars, climbing frame

Ancestry of “קריכלקע”, step by step

קריכלקע traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ־ל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־לForms diminutive nouns when added to a noun, with...
2Middle High Germanteil
3Old High Germanteil
4Proto-West Germanicdailipart
5Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed

via Yiddish קריכן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishקריכןto crawl, creep
2Germankriechento creep; to crawl
3Old High Germankriochan
4Proto-West Germanic*kreukan
5Proto-Germanickreukanąto fold, wrinkle; to stoop, crawl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl-