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[Facts] Re: Putzlein (etymology

by thegriffon

12/26/2024, 7:25 AM

The sense of Yiddish Putz/Pots though matches Romanian Puta, Latin *putium, in præputium, making Putzlein, little "idiot".

But compare the synonymous schmuck, and German Schmuck, jewelry, ornament.

- (Is-rah-el) Israelle (Israella)

12/26/2024, 7:35 AM

I doubt that it was used in the medieval Judeo-German vernacular the same way it is used in modern Yiddish.

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