Re: [Cz-L] The joys of Yiddish

Hardy is right, "proste" is a slavic word, adopted into Yiddish
and into German, possibly through Yiddish. Many Yiddish words
of Hebrew origin have been adopted into German, also into American English,
for instance:
Meschuge, Mazel, Schlimazel, Chutzpe, Nudnick, Ganeff,....

Mimi

Quoting HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>:

> Sorry,
> Proste is not German, it comes from Slavic and means simple.
> We have Germans in our list.
> Germans ,come in ,come in....
> Hardy
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