yahrzeit
English
/ˈjɑːtsaɪt/, /ˈjɑɹtsaɪt/
noun
Definitions
- (Judaism) The anniversary of a person's death, usually a parent's, often marked by the lighting of a memorial candle and other rituals.
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish יאָרצײַט derived from Middle High German jārzīt (anniversary, Christian commemoration of a persons death), jār (year) derived from Old High German jār (year) derived from Proto-Indo-European *yéh₁n-, *yóh₁r̥ (year) derived from Middle High German zīt (time) derived from Old High German zīt (time) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dī- (time), *dī- (time).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dī-
Gloss
time
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tide English
- year English
- yeartide English
- Jahr German
- Jahreszeit German
- Zeit German
- heuer German
- *dī- Proto-Indo-European
- *dīti- Proto-Indo-European
- *yéh₁n-, *yóh₁r̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *jērą Proto-Germanic
- *tī- Proto-Germanic
- *tīdiz Proto-Germanic
- tīd Old English
- jār Old High German
- zīt Old High German
- jār Middle High German
- jārzīt Middle High German
- zit Middle High German
- zīt Middle High German
- Joer Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Joreszäit Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- יאָר Yiddish
- יאָרצײַט Yiddish
- צײַט Yiddish
- *jār gmw-pro
- djar Cimbrian
- zait Cimbrian
- Ziit Alemannic German
- dem Northern Kurdish
- jor Mòcheno
- jorzait Mòcheno
- zait Mòcheno
- Yaahr Pennsylvania German
- Joher Hunsrik