Where does “שמיר” come from?
שמיר (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish שמירן, from Middle High German smirwen, from Old High German smirwen, from Proto-West Germanic *smirwijan, from Proto-Germanic smirwijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
שמיר (Yiddish): batch of things that go together; aggregate,...
Definitions
- batch of things that go together; aggregate,...
Ancestry of “שמיר”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | שמירן | to smear, grease; to bribe; plural of שמיר |
| 2 | Middle High German | smirwen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | smirwen | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *smirwijan | to smear |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | smirwijaną | to smear, anoint |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |