English
goyishkeit
Goyishkeit comes from Yiddish גױיִשקײַט.
- Yiddishmodernגױיִשקײַטgoyishkayt
- Englishearliest quotation 1928goyishkeit
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Yiddishmodernגױיִשקײַטgoyishkayt
- Englishearliest quotation 1928goyishkeit
Earliest quotation: 1928, Abraham Burstein, The Ghetto Messenger: “But what makes you think of such things now?”…”
Every English word from Yiddish גױיִשקײַט
Today it means
noun Non-Jewish culture, customs, lifestyle, and values.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Yiddish גױיִשקײַט / goyishkeit