עקדיש

Yiddish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German egedëhse, from Old High German egidehsa, from Proto-West Germanic *agiþahsijā (lizard). The shift in meaning is found in various High German dialects; the irregular change from Middle High German hs to Yiddish š, rather than the expected *ks, is particular to Yiddish, and may have been spread by biblical translations into the vernacular. Cognate with German Eidechse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛkdɪʃ/
  • Hyphenation: עק‧דיש

Noun

עקדיש • (ekdish) m, plural עקדישן (ekdishn)

  1. synonym of סקאָרפּיאָן (skorpyon, “scorpion”)
  2. (obsolete) synonym of יאַשטשערקע (yashtsherke, “lizard”)

References

  • Uriel Weinreich (1977), “scorpion”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 283
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