זייגער
Yiddish
noun
Definitions
- clock instrument to measure or keep track of time
- o'clock, time used in telling time
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German seigære (scale, clock) derived from Proto-Germanic *sīganą (sink) derived from Latin exagium (weighing, testing on the balance, weight).
Origin
Latin
exagium
Gloss
weighing, testing on the balance, weight
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- exagium Latin
- exigere, exigo Latin
- exigō Latin
- Mauszeiger German
- Minutenzeiger German
- Sekundenzeiger German
- Stundenzeiger German
- Uhrzeiger German
- Zeiger German
- zeigen German
- cégér Hungarian
- ensayo Spanish, Castilian
- *seyk- Proto-Indo-European
- *sīganą Proto-Germanic
- zegar Polish
- zegarek Polish
- sigan Old English
- sīgan Old English
- síga Old Norse
- essai Old French
- essaiier Old French
- essay Old French
- cajger Serbo-Croatian
- assaig Catalan, Valencian
- seigære Middle High German
- zeger Middle High German
- זייגעריק Yiddish
- זייגערל Yiddish
- *sīgan Old Dutch
- sīgan Old Dutch
- *eisaio Old Portuguese
- sigan Old Saxon
- assai xno