Where does “שטשירען” come from?
שטשירען (Yiddish) comes from Polish szczerzyć, from Proto-Slavic *ščeriti, from Proto-Slavic sъ(n)-, from Proto-Slavic jьz-, from Proto-Slavic sъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
שטשירען (Yiddish): to gnash one’s teeth
Definitions
- to gnash one’s teeth
Ancestry of “שטשירען”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | szczerzyć | to display, to show |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | *ščeriti | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | sъ(n)- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | jьz- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | sъ(n) | with, accompanying, alongside; with, by means of,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |