Dear Mimi,
word "smetana" is not related to "shamen", it's etymology is Slavic.
Here is the article on Schmand/Schmant/Schmetten -
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmand
Iosif
On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 9:09 PM, Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu> wrote:
> The similarity between "Shamenet" and "Shmetana" or "Smetana" is too
> great to be a coincidence.
> The Hebrew "Shamenet" comes from "shamen" which means "fat" and is an
> old word,
> also found in the Bible, both in the story of Joseph and in the book
> of "Prophets".
> I therefore assume that "Smetana" comes from the Hebrew or the Yiddish.
>
> The Austrian empire had within its borders more Slavic than Germanic
> people,
> so that it would not be astonishing if the Austrian "Schmetten" came
> from "Smetana".
> I am not familiar, nor could find in any dictionary the words
> "Schmand" or "Schmant",
> which leads me to believe that it is an archaic word.
>
> Mimi
>
> On Aug 30, 2015, at 4:44 PM, yosi-jerry wrote:
>
>> You can add the Hebrew "SHAMENET" which means the same. Very
>> interesting.
>> Yosef Eshet
>>
>
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