Where does “שויס־קאָמפּיוטער” come from?

שויס־קאָמפּיוטער (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish קאָמפּיוטער, from English computer, from English compute, from French computer, from Latin computāre, from Latin computō, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

שויס־קאָמפּיוטער (Yiddish): laptop

Definitions

  1. laptop

Ancestry of “שויס־קאָמפּיוטער”, step by step

שויס־קאָמפּיוטער traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish קאָמפּיוטער

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishקאָמפּיוטערcomputer device
2EnglishcomputerA person employed to perform computations; one...
3EnglishcomputeTo reckon or calculate; To make sense;...
4Frenchcomputerto compute
5Latincomputāre
6Latincomputōto calculate, compute, reckon together
7Latincom-allomorph of con-
8Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
9Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
10Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
11Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt
15Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
16Old High Germankuti
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin
19Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
20Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Yiddish שויס

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשויסlap
2Middle High Germanschoz
3Old High Germanscōzolap upper legs of a seated person
4Proto-Germanicskautazcorner; wedge; the corner of a piece of cloth or...
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kewd-to advance, push; to drive, propel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz