שניי־קישעלע
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally "snow cushion".
Noun
[edit]שניי־קישעלע • (shney-kishele) n, plural שניי־קישעלעך (shney-kishelekh)
- (neologism) marshmallow (confection)
- Synonyms: מאַרשמאַלאָו (marshmalou), מאַרשמעלאָו (marshmelou)
References
[edit]- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “marshmallow”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN