פֿעץ

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German veizte f (“fat, fatness”), from Old High German feizitī (“fat, fatness”), derived from feizit (“fat”), from Proto-West Germanic *faitid. The metathesis in Yiddish (-ts in stead of -st) probably under influence of פֿעט (fet), from the same Proto-Germanic word through Middle Low German.

Noun

פֿעץ • (fets) f

1. fat

Related terms

• פֿעט (fet)

See also

• שמאַלץ (shmalts)