וועלט
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German wëlt, wërlt, a contraction of Old High German wëralt, from Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz. Compare German Welt. Cognate to English world, Dutch wereld, Swedish värld.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]וועלט • (velt) f, plural וועלטן (veltn)
Derived terms
[edit]- װעלטטײל (veltteyl, “continent”)
- וועלטלעך (veltlekh, “secular, profane, mundane”)
- וועלטסווערטל (veltsvertl, “proverb”)
- וועלטסמענטש (veltsmentsh, “worldly person”)
Categories:
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Yiddish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)
- Yiddish terms derived from Old High German
- Yiddish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyh₁-
- Yiddish terms inherited from Old High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *wiHrós
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish nouns
- Yiddish feminine nouns