Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

From מאָרד (mord, murder). Compare German -mord.

Suffix edit

־מאָרד (-mord)

  1. -cide
    קינדער (kinder, children) + ‎־מאָרד (-mord) → ‎קינדערמאָרד (kindermord, infanticide)
    מוטער (muter, mother) + ‎־מאָרד (-mord) → ‎מוטערמאָרד (mutermord, matricide)

See also edit

References edit

  • Uriel Weinreich (1977) “-cide”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 53