Where does “שׂכלדיקייט” come from?

שׂכלדיקייט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־קייט, from Yiddish ־יק, from Middle High German -ec, from Old High German -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

שׂכלדיקייט (Yiddish): prudence, wisdom

Definitions

  1. prudence, wisdom

Ancestry of “שׂכלדיקייט”, step by step

שׂכלדיקייט traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ־קייט

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־קייט-ness; -ity; -hood; -ship
2Yiddish־יק-y, -ic
3Middle High German-ec—
4Old High German-ig—
5Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
6Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Yiddish שׂכלדיק

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשׂכלדיקreasonable, logical
2Yiddishשׂכלsense, common sense, good sense; reason;...
3Hebrewשֵׂכֶלintelligence
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -gaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -g →