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fisnoga

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English

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Etymology

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From Yiddish פֿיסנאָגע (fisnoge), from פֿוס (fus), from Old High German fuoz, + a Slavic reflex of Proto-Slavic *noga.[1]

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Noun

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fisnoga (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of p'tcha (calves'-foot jelly)

References

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  1. ^ Gil Marks (2010 November 17) Encyclopedia of Jewish Food, HMH, →ISBN:
    The whimsical name fisnoga from Lithuania and Latvia actually had a practical origin, as Litkvaks from the north of the country had difficulty pronouncing the sh sound and thus the word fishe (fish) and fis (foot) sounded the same; to differentiate the two homophones, the Slavic word for foot (noga) was added to the Teutonic word for foot (fis), and the term became fisnoga (literally "foot foot").

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