English
khavershaft
Khavershaft comes from Yiddish חבֿרשאַפֿט ‘friendship’, and goes back to Hebrew חָבֵר.
- Hebrew1880s–presentחָבֵרkhavér‘A (male) friend’
- Yiddishmodernחבֿר‘friend’
- Yiddish, derivedmodernחבֿרשאַפֿטkhavershaft‘friendship’
- Englishearliest quotation 2016khavershaft
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hebrew1880s–presentחָבֵרkhavér‘A (male) friend’
- Yiddishmodernחבֿר‘friend’
- Yiddish, derivedmodernחבֿרשאַפֿטkhavershaft‘friendship’
- Englishearliest quotation 2016khavershaft
Earliest quotation: 2016, Dieter Gosewinkel, Dieter Rucht: “However, self-assertion in an increasingly anti-Semitic climate was possible…”
Every English word from Hebrew חָבֵר
Today it means
noun camaraderie or solidarity
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hebrew חָבֵר / khavershaft