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Yiddish.

Of or pertaining to the Yiddish language.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈjɪd.ɪʃ/

  1. Of or pertaining to the Yiddish language.

  2. Jewish; relating to Yiddishkeit.

    informal
    Yiddish cooking; Yiddish music
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *yad- Hebrew יָדָה (yadá) Hebrew יהודהder. Ancient Greek Ἰουδά (Ioudá) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos)bor. Latin iūdaeusder. Old High German judeo Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old High German -isc Old High German judeisc Middle High German jüdesch Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish)bor. English Yiddish Borrowed from Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish), from Middle High German jüdisch (in reference to the language, more fully jüdischdiutsch (literally “Jewish-German”)). By surface analysis, Yid + -ish.

name/ˈjɪd.ɪʃ/

  1. A West Germanic, or more specifically High German, language that developed from Middle High German dialects, with an admixture of vocabulary from multiple source languages including Hebrew-Aramaic, Romance, Slavic, English, etc., and mostly written in Hebrew characters which is used mainly among Ashkenazic Jews from central and eastern Europe.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *yad- Hebrew יָדָה (yadá) Hebrew יהודהder. Ancient Greek Ἰουδά (Ioudá) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos)bor. Latin iūdaeusder. Old High German judeo Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old High German -isc Old High German judeisc Middle High German jüdesch Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish)bor. English Yiddish Borrowed from Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish), from Middle High German jüdisch (in reference to the language, more fully jüdischdiutsch (literally “Jewish-German”)). By surface analysis, Yid + -ish.

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