See also: אשכנז

Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

From Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַז.

Proper noun edit

אַשכּנז (áshkenazm

  1. (biblical) Ashkenaz (a Japhetic patriarch in the Bible)

Proper noun edit

אַשכּנז (áshkenazn

  1. (historical) A region centered on the Rhineland in present-day Germany, where Yiddish originated.
  2. (Judaism) Ashkenazi Jewry.