אויסלייג
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably a deverbal from אויסלייגן (oysleygn), from Middle High German ūʒlegen (“to display, set out; interpret; pronounce; lend money”).[1][2]By surface analysis, אויס־ (oys-) + לייגן (leygn). Possibly under influence of אות (os, “letter”), אותיות pl (oysyes), from Hebrew אות (ot). Contrast German Auslage f (“cost or sum (of money); display (of wares)”), Auslegung f (“interpretation”).[3]
Noun
[edit]אויסלייג • (oysleyg) m
- spelling (a specific spelling of a word)
- Synonyms: ספּעלינג (speling), אָרטאָגראַפֿיע (ortografye)
Related terms
[edit]- אויסלייגן (oysleygn)
See also
[edit]- אָרטאָגראַפֿיע (ortografye)
References
[edit]- ^ "ūzlegen" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
- ^ “auslegen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- ^ “Auslage” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Further reading
[edit]- Alexander Harkavy (2006) “spell”, in Yiddish-English-Hebrew Dictionary, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 305
- Alexander Harkavy (2006) “אויסלייג”, in Yiddish-English-Hebrew Dictionary, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 14
- Uriel Weinreich (1977) “אויסלייג”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 781
- Uriel Weinreich (1977) “אות”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 765