Where does “שטותערײַ” come from?
שטותערײַ (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־ערײַ, from Middle High German -erīe, from Old French -erie, from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
שטותערײַ (Yiddish): foolishness
Definitions
- foolishness
Ancestry of “שטותערײַ”, step by step
שטותערײַ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish ־ערײַ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ־ערײַ | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | -erīe | — |
| 3 | Old French | -erie | used to form feminine nouns |
| 4 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |