Etymograph

English

doikayt

Doikayt comes from Yiddish דאָיִקייט ‘diasporism, doikeyt (the belief that Jewish…’, from דאָיִק ‘local’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *só ‘this’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*só1‘this’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sa2‘that’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þar3‘there, in that place’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þār3‘there’reconstructed
  5. Old High Germanc. 750–1050dār4‘there’
  6. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350dā4
  7. Yiddishmodernדאָ5‘there’
  8. Yiddishmodernדאָיִק6‘local’
  9. Yiddishmodernדאָיִקייט7doikeyt‘diasporism, doikeyt (the belief that Jewish communities should be strengthened wherever…’
  10. Englishtodaydoikayt7

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *sa
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *þar
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Old High German dar
  4. 4 Wiktionary, Yiddish דאָ
  5. 5 Wiktionary, Yiddish דאָיִק
  6. 6 Wiktionary, Yiddish דאָיִקייט
  7. 7 Wiktionary, English doikayt

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sóWiktionary, Proto-Germanic *sa‘this’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*saWiktionary, Proto-Germanic *þar‘that’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þarWiktionary, Old High German dar‘there, in that place’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þārWiktionary, Old High German dar‘there’reconstructed
  5. Old High Germanc. 750–1050dārWiktionary, Yiddish דאָ‘there’
  6. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350dāWiktionary, Yiddish דאָ
  7. YiddishmodernדאָWiktionary, Yiddish דאָיִק‘there’
  8. YiddishmodernדאָיִקWiktionary, Yiddish דאָיִקייט‘local’
  9. YiddishmodernדאָיִקייטWiktionary, English doikaytdoikeyt‘diasporism, doikeyt (the belief that Jewish communities should be strengthened wherever…’
  10. EnglishtodaydoikaytWiktionary, English doikayt

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *só ‘this’

then, soon, contamination, sic, tandem, contaminate, contaminant, tanto, 5 more

through Proto-Germanic *sa ‘that’

these, 1 more

through Proto-Germanic *þar ‘there, in that place’

thereabouts, 1 more

through Proto-West Germanic *þār ‘there’

there, 2 more

Today it means

noun —

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “doikayt”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Germanic *sa, Proto-Germanic *þar, Old High German dar, Yiddish דאָ, Yiddish דאָיִק, Yiddish דאָיִקייט. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *só / doikayt

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