It could certainly be from the German "imbiss," but it is still strange
that breakfast is called onbijt, whereas imbiss is a small meal. May be
that breakfast was considered a small affair, as for example in Italy or
France, not like in the UK and USA
Paul Heger
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 2:04 AM, Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu> wrote:
> Referring to the evening meal as "Weczere", must have been very common.
> I have writings of my maternal grandfather in Yiddish, which he wrote in
> 1936
> in which he uses the term "weczeren" for eating the evening meal.
>
> By the way; the evening meal was a small meal, the main meal was eaten
> around 1:30 PM.
>
> Mimi
>
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