Re: [Cz-L] The joys of Yiddish

Yes, but not necessarily starting with Zh;

Blotte - mud
Temneh - dark
vetshcern - to eat supper, from the Ukrainian Vetshcere meaning evening.
na viru - like in nature, wild
prosteh - simple, uncomplicated, unsophisticated
prosteh pushet - half Ukrainian half Hebrew from the word "Pashut",
meaning simple. Used as an adverb.
Zhmenie - meaning handful.
Smarkate - in this case I cannot think of an equivalent English word.

But from here starts the vulgar, so I better stop.

Mimi


Quoting HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>:

> Yiddish comes from medieval German of a certain area on the Rhein.
> But living among the Slav people in the East of Europe for so long had
> its impact. Our Yiddish was full of Ukrainean words ( almost no Rumanian).
> Take the words that begin with Zh. No German word starts wit a Zh.
> Zhabe from the Ukrainean Zhaba = Frog.
> In German it is Frosch. A Jew who spoke only Yiddish wouldnt
> know what Frosch meant.
> Zhaver from Uk. izhavra = rust , in German - Rost . A jew
> wouldnt know what it meant.
> We would say Farzhavert as in german Verrostet , a
> germanification of the Uk. word.
> Take zhaleven from Uk. with many meanings. To begrudge, to spare.
> Do you know more ?
> Hardy
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