Where does “שפֿלדיק” come from?

שפֿלדיק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish דיק, from Middle High German dicke, from Old High German dicchī, from Old High German -ī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

שפֿלדיק (Yiddish): shabby, crappy; humble

Definitions

  1. shabby, crappy; humble

Ancestry of “שפֿלדיק”, step by step

שפֿלדיק traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish דיק

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishדיקthick
2Middle High Germandickethickly; often
3Old High Germandicchīthick
4Old High German-ī-ness
5Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
6Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Yiddish שפֿל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשפֿלshabby, crappy; humble
2Hebrewשָׁפָלlow, humble
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Old High German -ī →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →