Jewish
/ˈd͡ʒuː.ɪʃ/ · adj
Meaning
- Following the religion of Judaism.
- Of or relating to Jews, their ethnicities or cultures.
- Greedy, miserly.
- Yiddish.
- A Jew.
- The Hebrew language.
- The Yiddish language.
Etymology / origin
From Jew + -ish. Compare Middle English Judewissh (“Jewish”), Old English Iūdēisċ (“Jewish”), Dutch joodsch, joods (“Jewish”), German jüdisch (“Jewish”), Danish jødisk (“Jewish”), Swedish judisk (“Jewish”), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (judaiwisks, “Jewish”). See also Yiddish.
- 𐌾𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃(Gothic)→
- judisk(Swedish)→
- jødisk(Danish)→
- jüdisch(German)→
- joodsch(nl)→
- Iūdēisċ(ang)→
- Judewissh(Middle English)→
- Jewish (English)
- Relations: cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog
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