English
lekach
Lekach comes from Yiddish לעקעך ‘a Jewish spiced honeycake, lekach’.
- Yiddishmodernלעקעךlekekh‘a Jewish spiced honeycake, lekach’
- Englishtodaylekach
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Yiddishmodernלעקעךlekekh‘a Jewish spiced honeycake, lekach’
- Englishtodaylekach
Every English word from Yiddish לעקעך
Today it means
noun A Jewish honey-sweetened cake, mainly associated with Rosh Hashanah.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Yiddish לעקעך / lekach