Where does “שמייכלען” come from?

שמייכלען (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish שמייכל, from Yiddish ־ל, from Middle High German teil, from Old High German teil, from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

שמייכלען (Yiddish): to smile have a smile on one's face

Definitions

  1. to smile have a smile on one's face

Ancestry of “שמייכלען”, step by step

שמייכלען traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish שמייכל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YiddishשמייכלDiminutive of שמאָך; smile
2Yiddish־לForms diminutive nouns when added to a noun, with...
3Middle High Germanteil—
4Old High Germanteil—
5Proto-West Germanicdailipart
6Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed

via Yiddish ־ען

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־עןAlternative form of ־ן
2Yiddish־ןThe infinitive marker for verbs, which can be...
3Middle High German-en—
4Old High German-īn—
5Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “שמייכלען”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dailiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic daili →