Where does “שלעפּקראַפֿט” come from?
שלעפּקראַפֿט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish קראַפֿט, from Middle High German kraft, from Old High German kraft, from Proto-West Germanic kraftu, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
שלעפּקראַפֿט (Yiddish): rolling stock
Definitions
- rolling stock
Ancestry of “שלעפּקראַפֿט”, step by step
שלעפּקראַפֿט traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish קראַפֿט
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | קראַפֿט | power, vigor, force |
| 2 | Middle High German | kraft | — |
| 3 | Old High German | kraft | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kraftu | strength, power; skill |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |