Re: [Cz-L] Nettchen=Yiddish term of endearment?

               Not Yiddish, but most likely German, like Kindchen or Hündchen, in this case coined by Selma as "Nettchen".

                                Bianca
On Dec 14, 2013, at 9:51 AM, <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu> wrote:

> To me it looks like "Netselkae", which has no meaning in Yiddish,
> but could have been a term of endearment in Ukrainian or Ruthenian.
> These two languages were used a lot in Czernowitz.
>
> Mimi Quoting Jerome Schatten <romers_at_shaw.ca>:
>
>> Czernowitzers...
>>
>> This from Marion Tauschwitz in this morning's mail:
>>
>> -----
>> Dear Jerome,
>> attached you find a photo with a handwritten nickname Selma Merbaum
>> used for her friend Renée. I hesitate whether my request is important
>> enough to address to all Czernowitzer - if you think so, I would be
>> pleased if you could forward it:
>>
>> This is the handwritten nickname Selma Merbaum used for her friend
>> Renée Abramovici.
>> In all so far transcriptions you can read "Nettchen" - but I do not
>> agree with it. Couldn't it be a a tender way in Yiddish to address to
>> a close friend?
>>
>> www.marion-tauschwitz.de
>> -----
>>
>> I have posted the photo of the 'nickname' to our Blog at:
>> http://ehpes.com/blog1/?p=7162
>>
>> Best,
>> jerome
>>
>
>
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