This week’s theme
Words borrowed from Yiddish

This week’s words
plotz
frum
shonda
yichus
gelt

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PRONUNCIATION:

(YEEKH-uhs)

MEANING:

noun: Prestige, social status, or pedigree.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Yiddish yichus/yikhus (pedigree), from Hebrew yihus (pedigree). Earliest documented use: 1890.

USAGE:

“If you were a published author, for example, that would be yichus, or if you came from a family he heard of, that would be yichus.”
Bernard Beck; One American Dream; Amberjack; 2017.

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