English
Yiddishkeit
Yiddishkeit comes from Yiddish ייִדישקייט ‘Jewishness, Yiddishkeit’.
- Yiddishmodernייִדישקייטyidishkeyt‘Jewishness, Yiddishkeit’
- Englishearliest quotation 1892Yiddishkeit
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Yiddishmodernייִדישקייטyidishkeyt‘Jewishness, Yiddishkeit’
- Englishearliest quotation 1892Yiddishkeit
Earliest quotation: 1892, Israel Zangwill, London: J.M. Dent: “Wait! my Ezekiel will be Bar-mitzvah in a few…”
Every English word from Yiddish ייִדישקייט
Today it means
noun Jewishness; the Jewish way of life, particularly Ashkenazi and Yiddish culture.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Yiddish ייִדישקייט / Yiddishkeit