Where does “שרײַבערין” come from?
שרײַבערין (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish שרײַבער, from Yiddish שרײַבן, from Yiddish טיש, from Old High German tisc, from Proto-West Germanic disk, from Latin discus, from Proto-Italic diskō, from Proto-Italic dikskō — take; perceive.
שרײַבערין (Yiddish): writer
Ancestry of “שרײַבערין”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | שרײַבער | writer |
| 2 | Yiddish | שרײַבן | to write |
| 3 | Yiddish | טיש | table |
| 4 | Old High German | tisc | plate |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | disk | dish |
| 6 | Latin | discus | a discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | diskō | learn |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dikskō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | di-dḱ-ské-ti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deḱ- | take; perceive |