Where does “שפּריכוואָרט” come from?

שפּריכוואָרט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish וואָרט, from Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic word, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.

שפּריכוואָרט (Yiddish): saying; proverb

Definitions

  1. saying; proverb

Ancestry of “שפּריכוואָרט”, step by step

שפּריכוואָרט traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish וואָרט

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishוואָרטword
2Middle High Germanwortword; verb
3Old High Germanwortword; verb
4Proto-West Germanicwordword
5Proto-Germanicwurdąword
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

via Yiddish שפּראַך

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשפּראַךlanguage
2Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurdą →