Talk:ajvé
Add topicLatest comment: 8 years ago by Metaknowledge
{{R:Pusztai 2003}} says the word comes from German. Einstein2 (talk) 10:57, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
- Perhaps they simply do not make a distinction between German and the Germanic component of Yiddish? I don't think that the German cognate, au weh, would produce aj in Hungarian. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 17:20, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
- You're probably right, I just found it strange because Yiddish etymologies are usually indicated properly in the dictionary. --Einstein2 (talk) 20:08, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
- Lexicographers usually do a bad job with Yiddish etymologies, I've found. It's a complicated subject. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 04:38, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
- You're probably right, I just found it strange because Yiddish etymologies are usually indicated properly in the dictionary. --Einstein2 (talk) 20:08, 12 July 2016 (UTC)