Where does “שקלאַפֿערײַ” come from?
שקלאַפֿערײַ (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish שקלאַף, from German Sklave, from Middle High German slave, from Medieval Latin sclavus, from Ancient Greek Σκλάβος, from Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός, from Proto-Slavic slověninъ, from Proto-Slavic slovo — to cover; to incline.
שקלאַפֿערײַ (Yiddish): slavery
Definitions
- slavery
Ancestry of “שקלאַפֿערײַ”, step by step
שקלאַפֿערײַ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish שקלאַף
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | שקלאַף | slave |
| 2 | German | Sklave | slave |
| 3 | Middle High German | slave | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | sclavus | Slav, slave; slave |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Σκλάβος | Slav |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Σκλαβηνός | Slavic |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | slověninъ | Slav |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | slovo | word |
| 9 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ślawas | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱléwos | fame |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱlew- | to hear |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
via Yiddish ־ערײַ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ־ערײַ | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | -erīe | — |
| 3 | Old French | -erie | used to form feminine nouns |
| 4 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |