English
mashke
Mashke comes from Yiddish משקה ‘drink, beverage’, and goes back to Hebrew הִשְׁקָה.
- Hebrew1880s–presentהִשְׁקָהhishká‘to give drink’
- Hebrew, derived1880s–presentמַשְׁקֶה‘drink (a beverage)’
- Yiddishmodernמשקהmashke‘drink, beverage’
- Englishearliest quotation 2002mashke
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hebrew1880s–presentהִשְׁקָהhishká‘to give drink’
- Hebrew, derived1880s–presentמַשְׁקֶה‘drink (a beverage)’
- Yiddishmodernמשקהmashke‘drink, beverage’
- Englishearliest quotation 2002mashke
Earliest quotation: 2002, Jonathan J. Baker, Drinking on Simchas Torah: “There's a little kiddush, and one of the rabbis…”
Every English word from Hebrew הִשְׁקָה
Today it means
noun alcoholic drink, booze.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hebrew הִשְׁקָה / mashke