געשמילץ
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Possibly related to שמאַלץ (shmalts) and/or שמעלצן (shmeltsn). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]געשמילץ • (geshmilts) n
- (US) shortening
- Synonym: באַקפֿעטס (bakfets)
- fatty food
References
[edit]- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “געשמילץ”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “shortening”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN