Where does “שפּראַך־וויסנשאַפֿט” come from?
שפּראַך־וויסנשאַפֿט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish וויסנשאַפֿט, from Yiddish וויסן, from Middle High German wiȥȥen, from Old High German wiȥȥan, from Proto-West Germanic wītan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
שפּראַך־וויסנשאַפֿט (Yiddish): linguistics
Ancestry of “שפּראַך־וויסנשאַפֿט”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | וויסנשאַפֿט | science |
| 2 | Yiddish | וויסן | to know; knowledge |
| 3 | Middle High German | wiȥȥen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | wiȥȥan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wītan | to accuse, to blame |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |