Yiddish words of Hebrew or Aramaic origin belong to a number of categories;
Words connected to Jewish religion or ritual such as: Shochet, Shamash,
Menorah and Niggen. Words meant to hide their meaning from German speakers,
Such as: Ganev, Baleh-Goole, Tipesh, Goy, Sikker and Sheigetz.
And most interestingly, words which do not seem to have an equivalent
in either German or the Slavic languages spoken in the countries in which we lived,
Such as: Davka, Meileh, oif-Tzeluches and Zoores.
Mimi
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On Jan 13, 2017, at 3:02 PM, "Ruth Levin" <rutele.vin_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hardi, Cornel,
>
> In the beginning, the Hebrew and Aramaic words were used by Jews so
> the German Goyim wouldn't understand what they are talking about.This
> is what I called "secret".
[Ruth Levin]
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