Where does “שמירקעז” come from?
שמירקעז (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish שמיר, 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 — he, she.
שמירקעז (Yiddish): cream cheese
Ancestry of “שמירקעז”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | שמיר | batch of things that go together; aggregate,... |
| 2 | Yiddish | שמירן | to smear, grease; to bribe; plural of שמיר |
| 3 | Middle High German | smirwen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | smirwen | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *smirwijan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | smirwijaną | to smear, anoint |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |