Where does “שמוציק” come from?

שמוציק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־יק, from Middle High German -ec, from Old High German -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

שמוציק (Yiddish): schmutzy; dirty; soiled

Definitions

  1. schmutzy; dirty; soiled

Ancestry of “שמוציק”, step by step

שמוציק traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ־יק

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־יק-y, -ic
2Middle High German-ec—
3Old High German-ig—
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Yiddish שמוץ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשמוץschmutz; dirt
2Middle High Germansmuz—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -gaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -g →