Where does “שרעק־חלום” come from?

שרעק־חלום (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish חלום, from Hebrew חֲלוֹם.

שרעק־חלום (Yiddish): nightmare

Definitions

  1. nightmare

Ancestry of “שרעק־חלום”, step by step

שרעק־חלום traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish חלום

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishחלוםdream
2Hebrewחֲלוֹם—

via Yiddish שרעק

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשרעקfear, alarm; terror
2Middle High Germanschrecke—
Every word from Hebrew חֲלוֹם →Every word from Yiddish חלום →