גאָרן

Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

From a dialectal form of Early New High German Gaden n or m (“chamber; floor, level, story”), which had the relevant meaning in the form Garn in some Bavarian and Rhenish Franconian dialects.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɡɔʁn/

Noun edit

גאָרן • (gorn) m, plural גאָרנס (gorns)

storey (floor, level)
Synonyms: שטאָק (shtok), עטאַזש (etazh)

References edit

^ Weinreich, Max (2008) History of the Yiddish Language, volume 1, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page A500
^ “Garn²” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

[1] Weinreich, Max (2008) History of the Yiddish Language, volume 1, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page A500

[2] “Garn²” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

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