Where does “שנײַדערײַ” come from?

שנײַדערײַ (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish שנײַדער, from Yiddish שנײַדן, from Old High German snīdan, from Old English snīþan, from Proto-Germanic snīþaną, from Proto-Indo-European sneyt- — to cut.

שנײַדערײַ (Yiddish): tailoring; tailor's shop

Definitions

  1. tailoring; tailor's shop

Ancestry of “שנײַדערײַ”, step by step

שנײַדערײַ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish שנײַדער

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשנײַדערtailor
2Yiddishשנײַדןto cut
3Old High Germansnīdanto cut, to snithe
4Old Englishsnīþanto cut, make an incision, cut off, lance or...
5Proto-Germanicsnīþanąto cut
6Proto-Indo-Europeansneyt-to cut

via Yiddish ערײַ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishערײַ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneyt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic snīþaną →Every word from Old English snīþan →