Etymograph

English

kasha varnishkes

Kasha varnishkes comes from Yiddish קאַשע וואַרנישקעס ‘a dish composed of pasta, usually farfalle, in…’.

  1. Yiddishmodernקאַשע וואַרנישקעסkashe varnishkes‘a dish composed of pasta, usually farfalle, in kasha’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1984kasha varnishkes

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Yiddishmodernקאַשע וואַרנישקעסkashe varnishkes‘a dish composed of pasta, usually farfalle, in kasha’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1984kasha varnishkes

Earliest quotation: 1984, Sarah Schulman: “We'd eat kasha varnishkas at Ratner's Dairy Restaurant where…”

Today it means

noun A dish of lokshen and kasha.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Yiddish קאַשע וואַרנישקעס / kasha varnishkes