עקדיש
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Noun
[edit]עקדיש • (ekdish) m, plural עקדישן (ekdishn)
- scorpion (any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones)
Synonyms
[edit]- סקאָרפּיאָן (skorpyon)
Categories:
- Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms inherited from Old High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Old High German
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish nouns
- Yiddish masculine nouns
- yi:Arachnids