Where does “שילדערונג” come from?
שילדערונג (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish -ונג, from Old High German -unga, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".
שילדערונג (Yiddish): depiction, portrayal
Ancestry of “שילדערונג”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | -ונג | -ing |
| 2 | Old High German | -unga | -ing |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -ungō | -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs." |