שלעכט
Yiddish
adj
Definitions
- bad
Etymology
Derived from Old High German sleht (even) derived from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (flat, smooth, slippery, plain, level) derived from Old High German arg (bad, evil, corrupt, mean, cowardly) derived from Proto-Germanic *argaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*argaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Schlechtigkeit German
- arg German
- grottenschlecht German
- schlecht German
- schlechtreden German
- spottschlecht German
- *h₁ergʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃orǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *argaz Proto-Germanic
- *slihtaz Proto-Germanic
- earg Old English
- earh Old English
- sliht Old English
- argr Old Norse
- sléttr Old Norse
- arg Old High German
- argi Old High German
- sleht Old High German
- slihti Old High German
- argern Middle High German
- sleht Middle High German
- sliht Middle High German
- uerg Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *𐌰𐍂𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- *arg gmw-pro
- *arg Old Dutch
- *sleht Old Dutch
- *arka Proto-Finnic
- erch Old Frisian
- schlääch Central Franconian
- ärch Central Franconian