Where does “שוויצבאָד” come from?

שוויצבאָד (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish שוויצן, from Old High German swizzen, from Proto-Germanic swait-, from Proto-Indo-European swoyd-, from Proto-Indo-European sweyd- — sweat; to sweat.

שוויצבאָד (Yiddish): steam bath, Turkish bath

Definitions

  1. steam bath, Turkish bath

Ancestry of “שוויצבאָד”, step by step

שוויצבאָד traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish שוויצן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשוויצןto sweat
2Old High Germanswizzen—
3Proto-Germanicswait-sweat; blood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswoyd-to sweat
5Proto-Indo-Europeansweyd-sweat; to sweat

via Yiddish באָד

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishבאָדbath, bathhouse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swoyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swait- →