שניי־קישעלע

Yiddish

Etymology

Literally "snow cushion".

Noun

שניי־קישעלע • (shney-kishele) n, plural שניי־קישעלעך (shney-kishelekh)

1. (neologism) marshmallow (confection)

   Synonyms: מאַרשמאַלאָו (marshmalou), מאַרשמעלאָו (marshmelou)

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “marshmallow”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN