Where does “שאָטנדיק” come from?

שאָטנדיק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish דיק, from Middle High German dicke, from Old High German dicchī, from Old High German -ī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

שאָטנדיק (Yiddish): shadowy

Definitions

  1. shadowy

Ancestry of “שאָטנדיק”, step by step

שאָטנדיק traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish דיק

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishדיקthick
2Middle High Germandickethickly; often
3Old High Germandicchīthick
4Old High German-ī-ness
5Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
6Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Yiddish שאָטן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשאָטןshadow
2Old High Germanscatoshade, shadow
3Proto-West Germanicskadushadow
4Proto-Germanicskaduza shadow
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Old High German -ī →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →